Aluminum foil lamps outshine incandescent lights
...lamp is a small cavity, which penetrates the upper sheet of aluminum foil and the sapphire. Each lamp is approximately the diameter of a human hair, said visiting research scientist Sung-Jin Park, lead author of the paper. We can pack an array of more than 250,000 lamps into a single panel. Completing the ...Ruling out pulmonary embolism with a simple bedside protocol
...t want a technician to check off tests on an order sheet while the physician hurries off to see the next patient. The ability to document PERC rule negative on the chart will provide physicians with the scientific and medicolegal backstop they need to justify not ordering a test on every patient with any h...Iyengar yoga can promote well-being in women breast cancer survivors
...nversions. The women were given a home instruction sheet to practice once a week at home a week at home for a total of three yoga sessions per week. A survey of the subjects demands of illness and a blood sample to determine lymphocyte NF-?B activation were collected prior to and following the intervent...Scientists and polar explorers brave the elements in support of CryoSat-2
...ties along long transects that criss-cross the ice sheet surface. Conditions on the ground are often difficult, with high winds and low temperatures. The result is that sometimes the instruments and equipment fail as the leader of the ground team, Jon Ove Hagen from the University of Oslo, pointed out. "...Mayo Clinic solves painful puzzle of UT ligament split tear in wrist
...y within a few months after surgery. "We've seen sheet metal workers and dairy farmers return to work," he says. "We've also had athletes restored: bowlers hurling a 16-pound ball, golfers, and even a major league baseball player. They seem good as new, and we haven't seen a risk of reinjury. "The spli...Fragile X, Down syndromes linked to faulty brain communication
...aths like hairline cracks racing across a breaking sheet of ice. But as the person or animal begins to learn and remember, the more well-trodden paths, or cracks, connect in purposeful, yet unique ways. "No two nerve cells will always be connected in the same way in different people," said Madison. "But ...'Smart' sunglasses and goggles let users adjust shade and color
...w material uniquely suited to the task: a low-cost sheet that changes color and shade using almost no power. Prototype "smart" glasses were presented today in Chicago at the American Chemical Society's 233rd national meeting. "These lenses are more active, more intelligent, than today's sunglasses" said ...CryoSat-2 on the road to recovery
...break-up of the edges of the massive Antarctic ice sheet are much in the public eye. On the other hand, there have also been reports of the ice at the North Pole being thicker than usual. Scheduled for launch in 2009, CryoSat-2 will measure fluctuations in the thickness of ice on both land and sea to pr...UW-Madison researchers clear way to stronger glass
...y adding layers to the surface one at a time, each sheet of particles can move into a more organized arrangement before solidifying. Though the new glasses do not reach the precision of crystals, they are denser and far stronger than traditional glass. "We were just astonished," says Ediger. "These mater......ques including deposition and resemble a rolled up sheet of chicken wire, but on a tiny scale. They are usually just a few nanometers across and up to several micrometers in length. The researchers built up layers of their SWNTs to produce a film that is electrically conducting even at a thickness of ju...Brain cell and face perception research wins Eppendorf/Science Prize
...remen, Germany. Tsao's goal is to understand how a sheet of cells two millimeters thick can construct a three-dimensional world and effortlessly recognize the multitude of objects within it. She uses a combination of electrophysiology, imaging, psychophysics and anatomical techniques. The Finalists The...Mirrors in the mind: New studies elucidate how the brain reflects onto itself the actions of others
... with a straw) and hand actions (such as ripping a sheet of paper or opening a zipper), brain areas are activated that overlap with areas activated by the execution of those actions by the subjects themselves. Within this area, a subregion was preferentially activated when mouth actions were either heard o...Pine tree bark reduces diabetic leg ulcers
...the ulceration was copied on a transparent plastic sheet and the relative integral was recorded in a computerized system. A microcirculatory evaluation was performed at inclusion of the study and repeated after six weeks. Direct questioning was used to evaluate tolerability and compliance, particularly ...The ESC releases guidance document on Cardiac Rhythm Management product performance
..., standardized multi-lingual incident notification sheet that can standardize the process of reporting incidents or near-incidents. Additionally, a confidential forum for informal discussions of product performance issue should be established to help improve communication about devices. EHRA also proposed ...Delivering online assistance to the needy
...an be carried from room to room. The size of an A4 sheet of paper, these devices are standard tablet PCs with a video camera. Older users and service staff expressed great appreciation for the project's services and systems, with most of both groups saying they would like to use them in future if possible...Radar altimetry confirms global warming is affecting polar glaciers
...to oceans each year as a result of Greenland's ice sheet gaining some 11 billion tonnes of water annually, ... an increase in sea level, while the Greenland ice sheet gained more ice from snowfall at high altitudes than it lost from melting ice along its coast. A re...Study indicates dramatic rise in antibiotic-resistant community-acquired staph infections
... MRSA infections. In the meantime, the CDC's fact sheet on MRSA suggests that preventing MRSA may be as simple as employing the tried and true cure of soap and water: "Practice good hygiene," is its primary advice....Paternalism not to blame for failure to implement resuscitation policies
...to discuss resuscitation and accept an information sheet about it. Of the remaining patients, 80% could not discuss resuscitation within 24 hours of admission. (half could not be approached for practical reasons and almost one-third refused to discuss this aspect of their care). Of the 74 patients who read...Warning of risk to breast cancer patients from vaginal oestrogen
...cribed. The manufacturers' [4] patient information sheet does state that Vagifem should not be used in women with a history of breast cancer, but it also states that although there are reports of increased risk of breast cancer in women on HRT, Vagifem is not expected to pose an increased risk. Professor S...What can change in the brain? Electrical synapses, research shows
...s came from the thalamic reticular nucleus, a thin sheet of neurons that is part of the thalamus. The thalamus is a small region in the center of the brain responsible for relaying sensory information to the cerebral cortex, where it is transformed into memories and emotions, speech and movement. The thala...