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Mole Crowdsourcing: There could be an App for That

By Guest PostJanuary 1, 2014Healthandy j king, cancerous moles, clinical skin examinations, communication technology, decision-making, douglas grossman, jakob jensen, mole crowdsourcing, pattern, robert w gehl, skin cancer, texas tech university, united states, university of utah

University of Utah researchers identify new technique for identifying cancerous moles

Have you ever had a strange mole on your body and wondered if it was skin cancer? The best move is to schedule an appointment with a dermatologist, but many wait without realizing they could be dealing with melanoma.

Researchers at two universities – the University of Utah and Texas Tech University – have recently identified a new technique for handling this problem: Ask a crowd. (more…)

Can We Turn Unwanted Carbon Dioxide Into Electricity?

By Guest PostDecember 30, 2013EnvironmentCO2, coal fired, concentric rings, electric power generation, fluids, generate electricity, geologic settings, geoscientist, geothermal power plant, horizontal wells, hotspots, jeffrey bielicki, jimmy randolph, Large Hadron Collider, martin saar, mingjie chen, mississippi river, multiple fluids, ohio state university, power plants, renewable energy, shannon gilley, subsurface, Technology, tom buscheck, turbine, underground, united states, university of minnesota, unwanted carbon dioxide, yue hao, yunwei sun

New power plant design to expand use of geothermal energy in the U.S.

Video: Gilley, S., and Bielicki, J (2013). “Geothermal Energy: Enhancing Our Future.” Online video. www.energypathways.org and YouTube. YouTube , 1 Dec. 2013. Web. (more…)

An Inside Look at a MOF in Action

By Guest PostDecember 28, 2013Scienceals, atmosphere, berend smit, berkeley lab, carbon dioxide gas, david prendergast, gas adsorption, gas molecules, global climate change, inside look, jacs, jeff kortright, jeffrey long, jeffrey neaton, metal organic framework, mg mof 74, mof in action, molecules, nano, nexafs, open metal site, roberta poloni, thomas mcdonald, united states, vulcan, walter drisdell

Berkeley Lab Researchers Probe Into Electronic Structure of MOF May Lead to Improved Capturing of Greenhouse Gases

A unique inside look at the electronic structure of a highly touted metal-organic framework (MOF) as it is adsorbing carbon dioxide gas should help in the design of new and improved MOFs for carbon capture and storage. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have recorded the first in situ electronic structure observations of the adsorption of carbon dioxide inside Mg-MOF-74, an open metal site MOF that has emerged as one of the most promising strategies for capturing and storing greenhouse gases. (more…)

U.S. ranks near bottom among industrialized nations in efficiency of health care spending

By Guest PostDecember 26, 2013Healthhealth care spending, health care system, health quality, industrialized nations, life expectancy, united states

UCLA, McGill study also shows women fare worse than men in most countries

A new study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and McGill University in Montreal reveals that the United States health care system ranks 22nd out of 27 high-income nations when analyzed for its efficiency of turning dollars spent into extending lives.
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The future of research universities

By Guest PostDecember 24, 2013Education, Science21st century, maryland, merit based system, moocs, patrick harker, problem based learning, research universities, time to innovation, united states, university of delaware, university system, usm, william kirwan

Maryland chancellor shares ideas to enhance effectiveness of America’s research universities

For research universities to produce the ideas and talent the United States needs in order to lead in the 21st century, they “must make a steady and persistent movement to adapt to the times,” according to William (Brit) Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland (USM).

Kirwan spoke on the future of research universities on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at the University of Delaware. The talk, presented to a group of UD faculty and administrators, was designed to help set the scene and percolate new ideas as UD considers the next phase of its Path to Prominencestrategic plan, a process that will begin in the new year. (more…)

The long game: New book probes the uneasy future of China’s relationship with the United States

By Guest PostDecember 23, 2013Politicscanadian ambassador, China, global financial crisis, hexun, joseph caron, new book, paftad, post cold war, relationship, rival, rotman ut publishing, the long game, uneasy future, united states, university of toronto, us china relationship, wendy dobson, world economy

TORONTO, ON – The global financial crisis accelerated China’s rise in the world economy, disrupting a post-cold war status quo in which the United States was the world’s largest and most dynamic economy and undisputed super power. The world economic order is shifting. Can those who manage international commercial, cultural or political exchanges afford to ignore this shift? (more…)

Blue carbon

By Guest PostDecember 19, 2013Environmentatmosphere, blue carbon, blue carbon ecosystems, carbon dioxide, caroline rogers, davis, deforesting the mangroves, Environment, global mangrove, greenhouse gases, james sanchirico, juha siikamaki, mangroves, natural solution, rff, subtropical coastlines, sunny jardine, tropical, u.s economy, united states, university of california, university of delaware, virgin islands

World’s mangroves, salt marshes hold potential for reducing carbon emissions

Mangroves, the dense forests found along tropical and subtropical coastlines, have some specialized trees that can take in air through their roots at low tide and excrete salt right out of their leaves. The unusual ecosystems can also absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide, making them a natural solution for controlling greenhouse gases.

Disrupt them, however, and they’ll put that carbon right back into the atmosphere. (more…)

HIV plus HPV leads to increased anal cancer risk in men

By Guest PostDecember 18, 2013Healthanal cancer risk, cancer prevention strategies, dorothy j wiley, hilary hsu, hiv infection characteristics, hiv plus hpv, hiv positive men, hiv treatment, human papillomavirus, in men, otoniel martinez maza, roger detels, sex with men, tobacco, uninfected men, united states

Human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer in women, is also known to cause anal cancer in both women and men. Now, a study led by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing has found that older HIV-positive men who have sex with men are at higher risk of becoming infected with the HPVs that most often cause anal cancer.

The researchers also report that smoking increases the risk of infection with specific types of HPV among both HIV-infected and uninfected older men by up to 20 percent. This is the first large U.S. study of a group of HIV-infected and uninfected men between the ages of 40 and 69 who have sex with men. Study participants were examined twice a year for up to 25 years. (more…)

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