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Hydraulic fracturing vs. Global Anti-Fracking Movement

By ShamsJuly 5, 2017Environment, Health, Mediaanti fracking, global, hydraulic fracturing, hydraulic fracturing fluid, movement

First let’s get to understand what fracking is:

According to Environmental Protection Agency, hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, produces fractures in the rock formation that stimulate the flow of natural gas or oil, increasing the volumes that can be recovered. Wells may be drilled vertically hundreds to thousands of meters below the land surface and may include horizontal or directional sections extending thousands of meters. (more…)

Membrane, heal thyself

By Guest PostJuly 4, 2017Healthajay prasad, liang wang, membrane, nafion, polymer, self healing membrane Liang Wangself healing membrane, suresh advani

Paper documents self-healing membrane for fuel cell applications

Fuel cells, which offer a cleaner, more efficient alternative to the combustion of gasoline and other fossil fuels, are an important enabling technology for the nation’s energy portfolio. (more…)

A short note on ‘Brainhacking’

By ShamsJuly 3, 2017Health, Technologybrainhacking, brainhacking technology, intuitive control, paralysed arms, paralysed person, short note

As hackers do, they hack your computer and take control of your system, in a similar way, in ‘Brainhacking’, neuroscientists place electrodes on physically disabled person’s head to let his brain control a robotic arm, let’s say. So the person can hold a cup to drink or hold cutlery to take his meal. (more…)

First-time marijuana use in college at highest level in three decades

By Guest PostJuly 3, 2017Healthcollege, first time marijuana, marijuana use, monitoring the future, richard miech

ANN ARBOR — Levels of first-time marijuana use in college have increased sharply in the past three years to the highest levels recorded in the past three decades. In 2015, about one in five college students became a first-time marijuana user. (more…)

Trauma begegnen

By Guest PostJuly 1, 2017Healthhermann mitterhofer, pia andreatta, trauma begegnen, traumapaedagogik

Lebensgeschichtlich belastete oder traumatisierte Kinder und Jugendliche werden mit Hilfe der Traumapädagogik unterstützt. Pia Andreatta und Hermann Mitterhofer vom Institut für Psychosoziale Intervention und Kommunikationsforschung werden ihre wissenschaftliche und praktische Erfahrung in einem Universitätskurs ab Herbst 2017 an Interessierte in Theorie und Praxis weitergeben. (more…)

Everyone has different ‘bad spots’ in their vision

By Guest PostJune 23, 2017Healthamblyopia, bad spots, john greenwood, lazy eye, patrick cavanagh, peripheral vision, posterior cortical atrophy, vision, visual crowding

The ability to distinguish objects in peripheral vision varies significantly between individuals, finds new research from UCL, Paris Descartes University and Dartmouth College, USA. For example, some people are better at spotting things above their centre of vision while others are better at spotting things off to the right. (more…)

Dual wirkender Entzündungshemmer entdeckt

By Guest PostJune 18, 2017Healthangriffspunkte fuer entzuendungen, asthma, asthma prophylaxe, behandlung, daniela schuster, entzuendungshemmer, flap protein, pharmakophormodell, schmerz

Mithilfe virtueller Screening-Methoden gelang es Daniela Schuster und ihrem Team am Institut für Pharmazie in Kooperation mit Wissenschaftlern aus Jena, eine Substanz zu identifizieren, die gleichzeitig zwei wichtige Angriffspunkte für Entzündungen im Zusammenhang mit bronchialem Asthma und Schmerz hemmt. Die WissenschaftlerInnen publizierten ihre Entdeckung in Scientific Reports. (more…)

UN strategy for eliminating HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is unfeasible, according to UCLA study

By Guest PostJune 17, 2017Health, Politicseliminating hiv, justin okano, lesotho, sally blower, sub-saharan africa

Effective care and prevention strategies have managed to reduce the spread of HIV in the U.S. and other resource-rich countries. But in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 25 million are infected, the epidemic rages — as does the debate over how to stop it. (more…)

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