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- June 2, 2009
- 10:00 AM
- 1,297 views
Hockey and Math
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
Sports commentators on soccer and hockey games will often make their winning predictions as soon as the first goal is scored. Now, Canadian mathematicians have worked out a formula for spotting the winning team that could make the pundits redundant. In a paper of two halves, they reveal all in the International Journal of Operational [...]... Read more »
Jack Brimberg, & W.J. Hurley. (2009) A note on the importance of the first goal in a National Hockey League game. Int. J. Operational Research, 6(2), 282-287.
- July 13, 2009
- 01:00 PM
- 1,245 views
Artificial Weight Loss Hormones
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
A chemical that works like a multitasking hormone in mice not only controls glucose processing in the body but could reduce body weight, according to a report published today in Nature Chemical Biology. The study may ultimately have an effect on treating obesity and diabetes.
Glucagon and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) are natural hormones that regulate glucose [...]... Read more »
Jonathan W Day, Nickki Ottaway, James T Patterson, Vasily Gelfanov, David Smiley, Jas Gidda, Hannes Findeisen, Dennis Bruemmer, Daniel J Drucker, Nilika Chaudhary, Jenna Holland, Jazzminn Hembree, William Abplanalp, Erin Grant , Jennifer Ruehl , Hilary Wi. (2009) A new glucagon and GLP-1 co-agonist eliminates obesity in rodents. Nature Chemical Biology.
- April 30, 2009
- 04:57 AM
- 1,186 views
XBox Forensics
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
US researchers have developed a forensics toolkit for the XBox gaming console that could let law enforcement agencies find any and all hidden materials easily stored on the console’s hard disk.
Computer scientist David Collins of Sam Houston State University spends many a happy day messing around with the Microsoft XBox purely in the name of [...]... Read more »
David Collins. (2009) XFT: a forensic toolkit for the original Xbox game console. Int. J. Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, 2(2), 199-205.
- June 8, 2009
- 12:00 PM
- 1,167 views
Silver Surfer Franchise
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
Forget the image of Grandma tracking down the latest cutting edge technology news in mobile feed reader, or Uncle Joe whose retirement has been filled with Diggs, Tweets, and Facebook pokes. According to Mark McMurtrey, Ronald McGaughey, and James Downey, in the Department of MIS, at the University of Central Arkansas, Conway, the silver surfer, [...]... Read more »
McMurtrey, M., McGaughey, R., & Downey, J. (2009) Seniors and information technology: A potential goldmine of opportunity?. International Journal of Intercultural Information Management, 1(3), 300. DOI: 10.1504/IJIIM.2009.025371
- June 17, 2009
- 11:00 AM
- 1,098 views
Carrot Tops Healthy Veg
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
News from my Newcastle University published today reveals that cooking carrots whole and then chopping them before serving is better for your health than slicing and dicing before you boil.
Apparently, less of the “anticancer” compound falcarinol leaches out of the carrots and into the cooking water if carrots are boiled whole. Of course, the truly [...]... Read more »
Christensen, L., Vach, W., Ritskes-Hoitinga, J., & Brandt, K. (2005) Inhibitory Effects of Feeding with Carrots or (−)-Falcarinol on Development of Azoxymethane-Induced Preneoplastic Lesions in the Rat Colon. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 53(5), 1823-1827. DOI: 10.1021/jf048519s
- July 15, 2009
- 12:00 PM
- 1,025 views
We Don’t Understand Hangovers
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
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Gemma Prat of the Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, School of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Spain, explains in a research review paper earlier this year, that despite claims to the contrary, we really don’t yet fully understand what causes alcohol hangovers. There are, of course, plenty of theories, and even more home-spun [...]... Read more »
Prat, G., Adan, A., & Sánchez-Turet, M. (2009) Alcohol hangover: a critical review of explanatory factors. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 24(4), 259-267. DOI: 10.1002/hup.1023
- May 11, 2009
- 03:03 PM
- 1,020 views
H1N1 Update, Five Facts Formulated
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
The MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling at Imperial College London and the World Health Organisation have worked with public health agencies in Mexico, to assess the ongoing swine flu epidemic. Their results are published today in Science and can be summarized:
In Mexico, influenza A (H1N1) is fatal in about 4 in 1000 cases, [...]... Read more »
Christophe Fraser. (2009) Pandemic Potential of a Novel Strain of Influenza A (H1N1): Early Findings. Science. DOI: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1176062
- October 29, 2008
- 07:59 AM
- 1,006 views
A Cure for the Common Cold
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
Scientists have taken the first-ever look at how the entire human body reacts on the genomic level to the most common disease in the world - the common cold.... Read more »
D. Proud, R. B. Turner, B. Winther, S. Wiehler, J. P. Tiesman, T. D. Reichling, K. D. Juhlin, A. W. Fulmer, B. Y. Ho, A. A. Walanski.... (2008) Gene Expression Profiles during In Vivo Human Rhinovirus Infection: Insights into the Host Response. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 178(9), 962-968. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200805-670OC
- May 13, 2009
- 12:00 PM
- 1,000 views
Undiagnosed Diabetes
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
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Apparently, there are more than 6 million American adults completely unaware that they have diabetes mellitus. And, according to a report in the research journal Population Health Management their undiagnosed health problems cost an estimated $18 billion each year.
Yiduo Zhang from the Lewin Group, Falls Church, Virginia, and colleagues at Ingenix Pharmainformatics, Cary, [...]... Read more »
Zhang, Y., Dall, T., Mann, S., Chen, Y., Martin, J., Moore, V., Baldwin, A., Reidel, V., & Quick, W. (2009) The Economic Costs of Undiagnosed Diabetes. Population Health Management, 12(2), 95-101. DOI: 10.1089/pop.2009.12202
- May 4, 2009
- 11:27 AM
- 995 views
Social Networking for Terrorists
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
A new approach to analyzing social networks, reported in the current issue of the International Journal of Services Sciences, could help homeland security find the covert connections between the people behind terrorist attacks. The approach involves revealing the nodes that act as hubs in a terrorist network and tracing back to individual planners and perpetrators.
Yoshiharu [...]... Read more »
Yoshiharu Maeno, & Yoshiharu Maeno. (2009) Analysing covert social network foundation behind terrorism disaster. International Journal of Services Sciences, 2(2), 125-141.
- May 19, 2009
- 06:00 AM
- 970 views
Testing Pandemic Screening
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
Four major US national laboratories have worked together to develop a computer model to help airport authorities screen passengers for pandemic influenza. The tool can detect false negatives, people with influenza who slip through the screening process, and so cut the risk of infected passengers unknowingly spreading disease across the nation.
During a confirmed outbreak of [...]... Read more »
Robert T. Brigantic, John D. Malone, George A. Muller, Russell Lee, & Jim Kulesz. (2009) Simulation to assess the efficacy of US airport entry screening of passengers for pandemic influenza. Int. J. Risk Assessment and Management, 12(2/3/4), 290-310.
- August 27, 2009
- 12:00 PM
- 940 views
New Safety Directions for Nanotechnology
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
Exposure is a key element in risk assessment of nanostructures. The environmental impacts of nanotechnology have become an increasingly active area of research. Until recently the potential negative impacts of nanomaterials on human health and the environment have been rather speculative and unsubstantiated.
However, within the past number of years several studies have indicated that exposure [...]... Read more »
Shah, M., & Qurashi, A. (2009) Novel surfactant-free synthesis of MgO nanoflakes. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 482(1-2), 548-551. DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2009.04.129
- May 28, 2009
- 12:00 PM
- 912 views
What is Spyware?
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
Spyware refers to computer software, programs, that are installed, usually without the computer users knowledge and gather information about how the computer is being used and the websites the user visits.
The simplest and most insidious form of spyware are so-called “cookies” although not all cookies are bad. These tiny pieces of computer code are loaded [...]... Read more »
Daniel B. Garrie. (2009) Spyware and national privacy laws: consumer education is empowerment. Int. J. Intercultural Information Management, 1(2), 177-190.
- February 11, 2009
- 07:28 AM
- 852 views
Was Silverback Mountain to Blame for Lice in Your Nest?
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
Why are there two types of lice that afflict people - head lice and pubic lice? The answer came to scientist Robert Weiss of University College London, England, while he was taking a shower and thinking about gorillas in the mist.... Read more »
Robin A Weiss. (2009) Apes, lice and prehistory. Journal of Biology, 8(2), 20. DOI: 10.1186/jbiol114
- October 19, 2009
- 05:40 AM
- 801 views
Fall Colors and Autumn Leaves
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
Earlier this year, researchers in Finland and Israel sought an explanation for the 35 million year puzzle as to why fall colors in the US are mainly red and why autumn leaves turn mainly yellow in Europe.
The green of the leaves of deciduous trees in spring and summer is caused mainly by the presence of [...]... Read more »
Lev-Yadun, S., & Holopainen, J. (2009) Why red-dominated autumn leaves in America and yellow-dominated autumn leaves in Northern Europe?. New Phytologist, 183(3), 506-512. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02904.x
- November 2, 2009
- 01:08 PM
- 685 views
Can a Mediterranean diet beat breast cancer?
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
Valery Fortie is the National Awareness Coordinator of
Mediterraneanbook.com, a directory of news source focused on healthy
eating habits. The author suggests that the Mediterranean Diet can help ward off many diseases and illnesses.
One of those serious and potentially life threatening diseases is breast
cancer. With a risk of one in seven people developing breast cancer in
their lifetime, [...]... Read more »
Cottet, V., Touvier, M., Fournier, A., Touillaud, M., Lafay, L., Clavel-Chapelon, F., & Boutron-Ruault, M. (2009) Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk and Dietary Patterns in the E3N-EPIC Prospective Cohort Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 170(10), 1257-1267. DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp257
- January 13, 2010
- 08:00 AM
- 666 views
A chance for homeopathy
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
There is a chance that homeopathy might work. It’s a small chance. In fact, it’s so small that it’s at least as dilute as the remedies “practitioners” use.
The odds of finding a single particle of sulfur in homeopathic “sulfur” are a staggering 6 x 1023 to 1. That’s “6-with-23-zeroes-after-it” to 1 against:
600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to 1 against.
Even [...]... Read more »
Ernst, E. (2010) Homeopathy, a “helpful placebo” or an unethical intervention?. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 31(1), 1-1. DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2009.10.005
- November 16, 2009
- 08:00 AM
- 617 views
Water vapor and global warming
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
With Copenhagen on the horizon, is it time to check over the physics and chemistry behind the climate change debate? SciScoop has spoken to several scientists recently who would say so, some of whom consider the climate change debate nothing more than a hell-on-earth scenario to give governments a taxation stick with which to beat [...]... Read more »
Willett, K., Gillett, N., Jones, P., & Thorne, P. (2007) Attribution of observed surface humidity changes to human influence. Nature, 449(7163), 710-712. DOI: 10.1038/nature06207
- May 31, 2010
- 12:00 PM
- 592 views
Mumps vaccination and teenage swelling
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
Today’s SciScoop post is from a guest blogger who is a UK practice nurse with considerable clinical experience and concerns for the nations teens.
Over the course of the past couple of weeks, some interesting stats have come to my attention. Before I go any further, I will explain how I came to stumble over them. [...]... Read more »
Davis, N., McGuire, B., Mahon, J., Smyth, A., O’Malley, K., & Fitzpatrick, J. (2010) The increasing incidence of mumps orchitis: a comprehensive review. BJU International, 105(8), 1060-1065. DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.09148.x
- July 2, 2010
- 08:00 AM
- 580 views
Cyber attacks are criminal
by David Bradley in SciScoop Science Forum
The internet, electronic communications channels and computer technology that controls critical infrastructure together represent a new combat front on the international political stage. Several nations have been accused recently of cyber attacks, not least Russia and China, on the data centres of other governments. Whole power supply systems have been compromised on occasion and even [...]... Read more »
Sérgio Tenreiro de Magalhães, Henrique M. Dinis Santos, Leonel Duarte dos Santos, & Hamid Jahankhani. (2010) Cyberwar and the Russian Federation: the usual suspect. Int. J. Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, 3(2), 151-163. info:/
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