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.
HERE IS TODAY
A look at time…
The rise of open access and the true cost of science publishing
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.
Source: The New York Times
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.
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.
Source: The New York Times
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 week’s Nature discussing the character of scientific genius, contemporary discovery, and the nature of incremental progress.
UC Davis professor Dean Keith Simonton argues that scientific genius as we know it is dead.
Source: fastcodesign.com
Going paperless: The digital lab
Lab-management software and electronic notebooks are here — and this time, it’s more than just talk.
Melissa Marshall: Talk nerdy to me
Melissa Marshall, who will be speaking at the New York Academy of Sciences on December 14, shares tips for conveying research to non-scientists in a way that isn’t patronizing or “dumbed-down,” but is accessible and engaging.
This is definitely something I struggle with.
Source: ted.com
Graduate student of Medical Physics at Stony Brook University. Boston University alumnus interested in medicine, biotech, art, design, and beautiful ideas.
