David A. Scaduto

Bioresorbable Airway Splint Created with a Three-Dimensional Printer — NEJM

unodavide — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:59:43 -0400

Bioresorbable Airway Splint Created with a Three-Dimensional Printer — NEJM:

A team of physicians and biomedical engineers create a bioresorbable airway splint for an infant using a high-resolution CT, computer-aided design and 3D printing technologies. An incredible glimpse at the future of personalized medicine.

To build 2 million square feet is in itself a task, but to...

unodavide — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:16:00 -0400

To build 2 million square feet is in itself a task, but to relate 2 million square feet to the individuals within, rather than produce rooms with numbers on them is really our task. We have to create what I call ‘villages of space.’

- Bertrand Goldberg, Conversations With Architects, 1973

I’ve really grown to love the unusual architecture of Stony Brook University’s Health Sciences Center and University Hospital complex, designed by renown architect Bertrand Goldberg in the 1960s-1970s. The incredible scope of the project, unique use of space and bold design have given me a great sense of appreciation of the complex.

The architect’s description of the project is well worth the read.

HERE IS TODAY

unodavide — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:02:29 -0400

HERE IS TODAY:

A look at time…

On Running, Freedom, and the Boston Bombing

unodavide — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:31:14 -0400

On Running, Freedom, and the Boston Bombing:

Running is a straightforward act, but the symbolism around it is strangely mixed. On the one hand, it is intimately connected to danger and fear; running is the “flight” half of our fight-or-flight instinct. We run away from threats; we run to save our skin. And yet running is also an enduring metaphor for freedom. We run to freedom, and we run to demonstrate our freedom.

As both a marathoner and former Bostonian, my heart aches for a broken peace.

How a Doctor’s Five-Minute, $15 iPhone Hack Could Affect...

unodavide — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:04:22 -0400

How a Doctor’s Five-Minute, $15 iPhone Hack Could Affect 600 Million Lives

Despite ubiquitous assurances that “There’s an app for that,” one thing not included in the “that” is the detection of soil-transmitted helminths in human beings. (Helminths are the scientific name for hookworms and their nasty little friends.) Hookworm is a particular problem in developing nations without access to proper medical screening facilities, and Dr. Isaac Bogoch, a Canadian internal medicine specialist, figured out a clever way to tackle that with an extraordinarily simple smartphone hack.

explore-blog: The rise of open access and the true cost of...

unodavide — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:55:05 -0400

explore-blog:

The rise of open access and the true cost of science publishing

The Strange Beauty of Airports Photographed From Above Photos by...

unodavide — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:42:38 -0400

The Strange Beauty of Airports Photographed From Above

Photos by Jeffrey Milstein

A 'Big Data' Freeway for Scientists

unodavide — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:29:33 -0400

A 'Big Data' Freeway for Scientists:

A “Big Data freeway system” for future science projects in fields including genomic sequencing, climate science and physics is to be announced by the University of California at San Diego this week. The new network is part of a move toward an era when networks will move trillions of bits per second.

jtotheizzoe: Francis Crick’s letter to his 12-year-old son...

unodavide — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:40:15 -0500

jtotheizzoe:

Francis Crick’s letter to his 12-year-old son Michael announcing the discovery of DNA’s double-helix structure 60 years ago this week. More at The New York Times.

“Dear Michael,

Jim Watson and I have probably made a most important discovery. We have built a model for the structure of de-oxy-ribose-nucleic-acid (read it carefully) called D.N.A. You may remember that the genes of the chromosomes – which carry the hereditary factors – are made up of protein and D.N.A. Our structure is very beautiful…

Now we believe that the D.N.A. is a code. That is, the order of the bases (the letters) makes one gene different from another gene (just as one page of print is different from another)…

In other words we think we have found the basic copying mechanism by which life comes from life. You can understand that we are very excited. Read this carefully so that you understand it. When you come home we will show you the model.

Lots of love, Daddy.”

It will be auctioned off by Christie’s in April.

There’s been a lot of press recently about the...

unodavide — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:41:24 -0500

There’s been a lot of press recently about the super-capacitive properties of graphene, an incredibly strong but flexible material made from a single layer of carbon atoms. The development of a new manufacturing technique using consumer electronics promises to revolutionize energy technologies and has incredible implications about the future of electronics. This technology has the potential to be truly transformative.

Waltham, MA

unodavide — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:40:00 -0500

Waltham, MA

Snowfall/flight on Flickr.

unodavide — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:38:00 -0500

Snowfall/flight on Flickr.

Tests in Mice Misled Researchers on 3 Diseases, Study Says

unodavide — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:00:24 -0500

Tests in Mice Misled Researchers on 3 Diseases, Study Says:

A study published Monday produced evidence that years and billions of dollars had been wasted following false leads on at least three major killers in humans — sepsis, burns and trauma.

Why Even Radiologists Can Miss A Gorilla Hiding In Plain...

unodavide — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:49:10 -0500

Why Even Radiologists Can Miss A Gorilla Hiding In Plain Sight

He took a picture of a man in a gorilla suit shaking his fist, and he superimposed that image on a series of slides that radiologists typically look at when they’re searching for cancer. He then asked a bunch of radiologists to review the slides of lungs for cancerous nodules. He wanted to see if they would notice a gorilla the size of a matchbook glaring angrily at them from inside the slide.

But they didn’t: 83 percent of the radiologists missed it, Drew says.

Very interesting editorial in last...

unodavide — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:41:00 -0500

Very interesting editorial in last week’s Nature discussing the character of scientific genius, contemporary discovery, and the nature of incremental progress.

Is Scientific Genius Extinct?

UC Davis professor Dean Keith Simonton argues that scientific genius as we know it is dead.

FAILE Tower Part of the installation “Les Ballets de...

unodavide — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:24:00 -0500

FAILE Tower

Part of the installation “Les Ballets de Faile”, the inaugural exhibition of the NYC Ballet Art Series at the David H. Koch Theater.

The White House Reveals a Redesigned Electronic Medical...

unodavide — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:29:00 -0500

The White House Reveals a Redesigned Electronic Medical Record

More than 200 design teams participated in the health design challenge, a competition to redesign patient medical records. Soon, 6 million VA patients will see the benefits.

Going paperless: The digital lab

unodavide — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:15:00 -0500

Going paperless: The digital lab:

Lab-management software and electronic notebooks are here — and this time, it’s more than just talk.

infinity-imagined: City lights photographed from the...

unodavide — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:11:55 -0500

infinity-imagined:

City lights photographed from the International Space Station and Neurons imaged with fluorescence microscopy.

Source images; Cities (1) (2) (3) (4) (5), Neurons (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Beautiful images showing an artistic similarity in the geometry of neurons and cities.

Exciting work from my Department of Biomedical Engineering...

unodavide — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:28:00 -0500

Exciting work from my Department of Biomedical Engineering colleagues, Danni Wang and Steve Leigh, over in the Molecular Biophotonics lab at Stony Brook University, on the development of advanced microscopy tools for in vivo imaging during brain tumor resection.