The two top causes of death in the world are heart attacks and strokes,
and a research team in Toronto is onto a promising drug that could do
much to reduce or delay those death by reducing their number one cause –
blood clots. Ironically, the drug being tested, Anfibatide, is made
from a protein extracted from a snake’s venom; the snake is one of the
deadliest in the world.
Despite our huge breakthroughs involving Health, Medicine and Science, Hospitals still are places highly contaminated with all sorts of prejudicial agents. Bacterias and viruses, from the common cold to pneumonia, roam through Hospital buildings almost everywhere and there is no easy way to prevent them from being them. Luckily, there are several ways of treating them – one of the last discoveries in this area was made in Brazil, where scientists used a coral to fight infection caused by a "superbacteria".
If you ever traveled in the London subway/metro/tube/underground, then you know it can get a little bit crowded sometimes. That many people, as well as the vehicles themselves, exhale heat which is then lost and dissipated into the air. Well, not anymore – at least in London. There is a technology being developed in order to use all that heat to warm up houses nearby.
You know hwo people are always saying video games are bad for children; that they rot the mind and damage one’s inhibitions? Turns out that’s not true. New research surfaced this week revealing that violent games are actually good for children. Wait, what?
Aquariums are universally fascinating, but they’re usually a hassle to maintain. The EcoQube is a very low maintenance aquarium for fish and plants that successfully thrive off of each other, and it’s being crowdsourced now on Kickstarter. It’s a must have!
An industrial design student received her PhD cum laude last month for
her design of a Smart Jacket for premature babies. Her creation will, no doubt, launch a successful career for a new graduate, but change the
lives of millions of premature infants and their families…
While today’s boomers may best remember the words to Beatles or Rolling
Stones songs, groups of older folks with Alzheimer’s disease improved
mental skills after sing-alongs of ’40s and ’50s movie and show tunes!
…. On its face,
or throat, as is the case, the tattoo is innocent enough, but an optional
use for the tattoo includes the exhibit of galvanic skin responses to reveal whether one is "nervous or speaking falsehoods…." This widens
the application to include everyone from criminals to politicians to
cheating spouses to, well, just about anyone whose truthfulness one
may want to test!
The further along a mom gets in her pregancy, the more she longs to just
sit down and take a load off her feet. But not too much, indicates the
latest research from the University of Montreal; she should be mindful of the power of exercise to give her newborn a head start.
If attempts on your life are all in a day’s work, but you still need to dress comfortably and
stylishly on the job, you need a fashionable suit of armor. Garrison Bespoke has
just the proprietary threads to make you a custom bulletproof suit
that’s elegant, stylish, and lightweight too! Keep reading to see the tests of this bulletproof business suit on video!
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