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Rian Buckley and Fitcode help women find jeans that fit through data and technology

The “a-ha!” moment came during one of her many modeling shoots, when Rian Buckley often wore clothes that were pinned, clipped and altered to fit her body shape. She saw repeatedly how the same clothes — jeans in particular — can look drastically different on two models with the same clothing size. And she spent a lot of time listening to e-commerce retailers complain of lost revenue from returned clothing, especially denim, that didn’t fit. (more…)

Types of Effective ELISA kits

Health

The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay is one of the most sensitive biochemical or immunological tests. It is used a lot in medicine to detect presence or absence of antibodies raised to fight antigens or the specific antigen. The sensitivity of the test results from reliance on enzymes. As you are well aware, enzymes are highly specific. (more…)

YSPH Study of Environmental Contaminants Associated with Fracking Underway in Ohio

Environment

A team of Yale School of Public Health scientists has launched the Ohio Water and Air Quality Study in Belmont County, Ohio. The scientists will collect and analyze water and air samples this summer as well as administer health questionnaires to 100 residents in communities with unconventional natural gas development. The researchers will investigate the potential for exposure to environmental pollutants and whether any health problems have resulted. (more…)

IBM’s Watson Helps Employees Tackle Cancer

Health, Technology

IBM makes Watson available as health benefit to help employees fighting cancer, in collaboration with Best Doctors

Armonk, NY – 11 Oct 2016: IBM today announced that many IBM U.S. employees fighting cancer will be able to tap into Watson for insights into their cancer treatment as well as potential clinical trial options. Through a unique collaboration with Best Doctors, an expert clinical consultation provider, qualifying IBMers and their family members will have access to Watson’s suite of oncology offerings for insights on cancer treatment options, when covered under IBM’s U.S. medical plan. The benefit will be available as of January 1, 2017. (more…)

Mach Theater!

Culture, Media

Mit Schauspiel und Literatur Grenzen überwinden und Sprachen und Kulturen auf die Bühne bringen – das ist das Ziel von Koku Nonoa, der am Forschungsschwerpunkt Kulturelle Begegnungen – Kulturelle Konflikte promoviert. Das Postdramatische Theater als transkulturelles Theater ist Kern seines wissenschaftlichen Interesses, das auch die Migration von Afrika nach Europa thematisiert. (more…)

Bergbaukultur am Oberrhein

Science

Neues Projekt erhält mehr als 1,8 Millionen Euro aus dem INTERREG-Programm der Europäischen Union

Die Anfänge der Industriekultur am Oberrhein: Ein neuer Forschungsverbund zu diesem Thema erhält für die kommenden drei Jahre insgesamt mehr als 1,8 Millionen Euro aus dem europäischen Programm für grenzüberschreitende Projekte INTERREG V Oberrhein. An dem Vorhaben nehmen 18 Universitäten und wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen aus Deutschland, Frankreich und Österreich teil, mit den Universitäten Freiburg, Haute-Alsace und Strasbourg zudem drei Partner aus dem trinationalen Verbund am Oberrhein „EUCOR – The European Campus“. An der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität ist ein Team um Prof. Dr. Sebastian Brather vom Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften beteiligt.

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Do eco-friendly wines taste better?

Health, Science

Raise a glass to organic grapes: UCLA study finds eco-certified wine rated higher by wine publications

It’s time to toast environmentally friendly grapes. A new UCLA study shows that eco-certified wine tastes better — and making the choice even easier, earlier research shows it’s often cheaper, too. (more…)

Questions for Jim Russell: Declining fishery production in critical African lake pinned to climate change

Environment

Warming water over the past 150 years is causing declining fish stocks in Lake Tanganyika, a large freshwater lake that supplies food for millions of Africans.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A new study finds that a decrease in fishery production in one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth is a consequence of human-caused climate change rather than just overfishing. (more…)