Infrared CMOS Sensor for Breath Exhaled Biomarker Detection
Beside containing nitrogen and carbon dioxide, gas exhaled from lungs contains many biomarkers that may point to the presence of diseases we would otherwise not know about. Being able to screen people easily and at low cost may help prevent the development of all sorts of conditions, which has led to the proliferation of breath testing technologies.A device developed at Cambridge CMOS Sensors (CCMOSS), a spin-off of Cambridge University, uses broad spectrum infrared to detect 35 different biomarkers in exhaled air at concentrations down to one part per million.Read More (Source: Medgadget)
Source: Medgadget - April 26, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Diagnostics Source Type: blogs
Still Another Low Climate Sensitivity Estimate
Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger
Global Science Report is a weekly feature from the Center for the Study of Science, where we highlight one or two important new items in the scientific literature or the popular media. For broader and more technical perspectives, consult our monthly “Current Wisdom.”
As promised, we report here on yet another published estimate of the earth’s equilibrium climate sensitivity that is towards the low end of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) range of possibilities.
Recall that the equilibrium climate sensitivity is the am...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 25, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Patrick J. Michaels, Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger Source Type: blogs
Sciencebase grilled by students
UPDATE: 2012-02-13 It’s on again and this year I can offer a little advice on how to get a popular science book published if any students are interested in hearing my thoughts on that. Also, I’ve dropped the price for students on the PDF version of Deceived Wisdom for the next couple of days.
Once again, I’ll be attending the annual media careers event at Cambridge University, where students and alumni get a chance to chat with members of the media about careers in journalism, broadcasting, film, publishing, science communication, media law and media management.
The previous event attracted around 328 stu...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - February 13, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science cambridge grill sciencebase students Source Type: blogs
Sciencebase to be grilled by Cambridge students again
UPDATE: 2012-02-13 It’s on again and this year I can offer a little advice on how to get a popular science book published if any students are interested in hearing my thoughts on that. Also, I’ve dropped the price for students on the PDF version of Deceived Wisdom for the next couple of days:
Please wait...
Deceived Wisdom, DRM-free PDF version now just £3 as part of this event.
Once again, I’ll be attending the annual media careers event at Cambridge University, where students and alumni get a chance to chat with members of the media about careers in journalism, b...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - February 13, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science cambridge grill sciencebase students Source Type: blogs
More Industry Academic Alliances
We recently covered Twenty Industry-Academic Alliances in 2012. In the past, we have also written extensively about other physician-industry and academic-industry collaborations. After running our recent story, we came across several other alliances, discussed in further detail below, and will continue to cover such collaborations as they occur.
GlaxoSmithKline and University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) recently announced that it has gained rights to a preclinical program from the renowned MD Anderson Cancer Center, in a pact focused on antibodies that trigger immune attacks agains...
Source: Policy and Medicine - January 28, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
2012 a busy year, some highlights
My wife told me that publishing this would be like sending out one of those braggardly “family newsletters” to one’s friends, but I wanted to round off the blog for 2012 by posting a few memories from the year…is that so bad? I even blogged about not posting it. Anyway, it’s New Year’s Eve, no one will be reading this.
I also just ported my snaps from Instagram to my Flickr account and those photos should ask as personal mementos for what has been a rather busy year for us with several highlights and several lows (which I’m not going to list here, you’ll be pleased to learn)....
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - December 31, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science 2012 busy highlights year Source Type: blogs
Notes on autism severity and the DSM-V
I was asked briefly to comment onthe notion of " severity " of autism as currently proposed for the DSM-V. Here are some far from complete notes (some from earlier writing or work of mine) I organized in response:Currently, “severity” of autism most often refers to the attempt to quantify the obviousness of autistic traits and abilities. The more obvious these traits and abilities are judged to be, and therefore the more atypical a person is judged to be, the more “severe” autism is considered to be.Being “more severe” (having more obvious autistic traits and abilities, or being more obviously atypical) is wide...
Source: The Autism Crisis - June 15, 2009 Category: Child Development Source Type: blogs
