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Feb 22, 2019
Woman with heart and double-lung transplant praises new technology
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
Three years ago Kate Phillips, who has suffered congenital heart disease her whole life, received a heart and lung transplant which saved her life.
But her successful operation isn’t a reality for many patients on vital organ waiting lists.
Out of 381 hearts only 81 were successfully transplanted in Australia last year. Hearts are usually lucky to withstand a transport time of about four hours, with only one in four reaching operating tables.
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Feb 22, 2019
Scientists Discovered a Star That Explodes Every Year
Posted by Michael Lance in category: futurism
Feb 22, 2019
Utilities are starting to invest in big batteries instead of building new power plants
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: energy
Feb 22, 2019
Science: Talking to Your Dog Means You’re Smart, Not Crazy
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: science
Feb 22, 2019
Navy files for patent on room-temperature superconductor
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: computing, materials
A scientist working for the U.S. Navy has filed for a patent on a room-temperature superconductor, representing a potential paradigm shift in energy transmission and computer systems.
Salvatore Cezar Pais is listed as the inventor on the Navy’s patent application made public by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday.
The application claims that a room-temperature superconductor can be built using a wire with an insulator core and an aluminum PZT (lead zirconate titanate) coating deposited by vacuum evaporation with a thickness of the London penetration depth and polarized after deposition.
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Feb 22, 2019
Virgin Galactic space plane takes first test passenger into space
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
Feb 22, 2019
Virgin Galactic spaceplane reaches space with first passenger on board
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space travel
Feb 22, 2019
Ron Howard Grew Up on TV. Now He’s Tackling the Science of Aging
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: life extension, science
Feb 22, 2019
Breastmilk microbiome linked to method of feeding
Posted by James Christian Smith in category: biological
The idea that breastmilk has a microbiome (or microbiota)—a community of bacteria living within it—is relatively new and has sparked debate about where breastmilk bacteria come from. Some scientists believe breastmilk bacteria originate in the mother’s gut while others believe they are transferred to the mother from the infant’s mouth during breastfeeding.
New research from the CHILD Cohort Study—an ongoing birth cohort study involving thousands of Canadian children and their families—has shed some light on this question by highlighting the importance of the infant’s mouth as a source of breastmilk bacteria.
The study, published today in Cell Host & Microbe, found that among the many factors examined, the method of breastfeeding—whether mothers fed their infants directly at the breast or fed them pumped breastmilk from a bottle—was the most consistent factor associated with the milk microbiota composition.
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