Zoo Miami: Orangutan dies following dental surgery
An orangutan has died at Zoo Miami following a dental surgery, officials said......»»
Christopher Alexander, Father of Pattern Language Movement, Dies At 86
Christopher Alexander, a British-American architect and design theorist that affected fields including software and sociology, died on Thursday, March 17, after a long illness. He was 86. Christopher Newport University reports: Christopher Alexander,.....»»
Dentist Broke His Patients" Teeth To Make Millions Installing Crowns, Jury Finds
A dentist in Wisconsin has been found guilty of deliberately breaking his patients' teeth with a drill so he could collect millions of dollars to repair the damage with dental crowns. ArsTechnica reports: The alleged scheme by licensed Grafton dentis.....»»
Miami Beach"s latest road-raising squabble: Who gets swamped by the flood waters?
Before Miami Beach became the first U.S. city to dramatically elevate streets before sea levels rise, hairstylist Gustavo Briand was used to flooding......»»
Patient in Groundbreaking Heart Transplant Dies
The first person to have his failing heart replaced with that of a genetically altered pig in a groundbreaking operation died Tuesday afternoon at the University of Maryland Medical Center, two months after the transplant surgery. From a report: Davi.....»»
Two months after receiving a pig heart, transplant patient dies
The patient's health had declined, but nobody is explaining why at this point. Enlarge / The transplant team with the replacement heart. (credit: The transplant team with the replacement heart.) On Wednesday, the University of.....»»
Walk with confidence, safety, and support with a top-rated walker
Walkers give a little extra support to those who need help walking a bit more steady, or to keep weight off of a foot or knee following surgery or an injury. The best walker will have wheels designed for smooth support over uneven ground and easy fol.....»»
Corals can be "trained" to tolerate heat stress, study finds
A new study led by researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science found that corals that underwent a stressful temperature treatment in the laboratory for 90 days were more tolerant to increased water.....»»
Intel, AMD, and other industry heavyweights create a new standard for chiplets
UCIe 1.0 aims to standardize (and democratize) chiplet-based processor designs. Enlarge / A sample chiplet design, with the CPU dies made with a more advanced manufacturing process and the chipset and some other functions made on older.....»»
David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet, Dies at 71
David Boggs, an electrical engineer and computer scientist who helped create Ethernet, the computer networking technology that connects PCs to printers, other devices and the internet in offices and homes, died on Feb. 19 in Palo Alto, Calif. He was.....»»
Tyrannosaurus remains hint at two possible species distinct from T. rex
A new analysis of Tyrannosaurus skeletal remains reveals physical differences in the femur, other bones and dental structures across specimens that could suggest Tyrannosaurus rex specimens need to be re-categorized into three distinct groups or.....»»
Discovery of ancient underwater landslide could help Middle Eastern nations realize tsunami hazards
An earth scientist from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science discovered evidence of an ancient underwater landslide and associated tsunami in the Gulf of Aqaba, a subsidiary of the Red Sea, that should serve as.....»»
"Baby boot camp" exercises critically endangered orangutan
The 2-month-old critically endangered orangutan, still so tiny that infant-sized diapers hung loosely in front of his belly, clung tightly to a caretaker's fingers as she lifted him gently from her lap......»»
This 5,300-year-old skull shows evidence of the earliest known ear surgery
Archaeologists also found a flint blade that may have been used as a cauterizing tool. Enlarge / Lateral view of a skull found at the El Pendón site in Spain, showing signs of a primitive form of ear surgery. (credit: ÑFotógrafos Ph.....»»
Earliest evidence of ear surgery 5,300 years ago
A team of several researchers from the University of Valladolid, in Spain and one from the Spanish National Research Council in Italy, has found evidence of the earliest ear surgery performed on a human being. In their paper published in the journal.....»»
US sea levels to rise at a faster pace than in past 100 years
Oceans along the U.S. coastline will rise faster within the next three decades than they did in the past 100 years, bringing more flooding to coastal cities such as New York and Miami, according to the latest projections......»»
Time and beauty reveal the physics of human perceptions
Adrian Bejan, the J.A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University, has published a new book titled "Time and Beauty: Why Time Flies and Beauty Never Dies." This is Bejan's fourth book written for a general audience tha.....»»
France"s Nobel winner for co-discovery of HIV virus dies
French scientist Luc Montagnier, who won the Nobel prize for medicine for his co-discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS, has died aged 89, the mayor of the Paris suburb where he was hospitalised said Thursday......»»
Luc Montagnier, Nobel-Winning Co-Discoverer of HIV, Dies At 89
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Luc Montagnier, a French virologist who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the virus that causes AIDS, died on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. He was 89. [...] The disco.....»»
New research shows that 85% of coral reef fish studied are overfished
A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science has found concrete evidence that more than 85 percent of the grouper and snapper studied are overfished as a direct result of increasing.....»»
Douglas Trumbull, VFX Whiz For "Blade Runner", "2001" and Others, Dies At 79
Douglas Trumbull, the visual effects mastermind behind Blade Runner, Close Encounter of the Third Kind, 2001: A Space Odyssey and numerous others, died on Monday at age 79. His daughter Amy Trumbull announced the news on Facebook, writing that her fa.....»»