February 2012
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Lab-on-a-Chip Device Better Tracks Malaria, Cells
Univ. of British Columbia researcher Hongshen Ma has developed a simple and accurate device to study malaria, a disease that currently affects 500 million people per year worldwide and claims a million lives. Spread by mosquitoes, malaria is caused by a tiny parasite that infects human red blood cells. Ma and his team designed a “lab-on-a-chip” device to better understand the changes in red blood...
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Sight Holds Power Over Sense of Smell
A new study reveals for the first time that activating the brain’s visual cortex with a small amount of electrical stimulation actually improves people’s sense of smell. The finding published in the Journal of Neuroscience by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, McGill Univ. and the Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, revises our understanding of...
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Evidence Shows Bats Get the Flu
For the first time, scientists have found evidence of flu in bats, reporting a never-before-seen virus whose risk to humans is unclear. The surprising discovery of genetic fragments of a flu virus is the first well-documented report of it in the winged mammals. So far, scientists haven’t been able to grow it, and it’s not clear if - or how well - it spreads. Flu bugs are common in...
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Wireless Data Bridge Breaks Speed Record
A team of researchers in Germany has created a new way to overcome many of the issues associated with bringing high-speed digital communications across challenging terrain and into remote areas, commonly referred to as the “last mile” problem. The researchers developed a wireless data bridge that transmits digital information much faster than today’s state-of-the-art systems. These unprecedented...
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Bone Drug Kills Malaria in Mice
A chemically altered osteoporosis drug may be useful in fighting malaria, researchers report in a new study. Unlike similar compounds tested against many other parasitic protozoa, the drug readily crosses into the red blood cells of malaria-infected mice and kills the malaria parasite. The drug works at very low concentrations with no observed toxicity to the mouse. The study appears in the...
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Hearing Loss Significantly Ups Risk of Falls
Hearing loss has been linked with a variety of medical, social and cognitive ills, including dementia. However, a new study led by a Johns Hopkins researcher suggests that hearing loss may also be a risk factor for another huge public health problem: falls. The finding could help researchers develop new ways to prevent falls, especially in the elderly, and their resulting injuries that generate...
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“Skylab, the first American space station, fell to the earth in thousands of...”
– Fact from hightechscience.org
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Many Asthma Sufferers Not Using Needed Meds
Forty-nine percent of children and adults with persistent asthma are not using controller medications according to results of a first of its kind survey of 1,000 asthma sufferers. Results are published in the March 2012 issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). “According to survey results, 79...
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