An unlikely multidisciplinary scientific collaboration has discovered that an electronic nose developed for air quality monitoring on Space Shuttle Endeavour can also be used to detect odour differences in normal and cancerous brain cells. The results of the pilot study open up new possibilities for neurosurgeons in the fight against brain cancer.
April 2009
Computer hackers R.I.P. -- making quantum cryptography practical
Quantum cryptography, a completely secure means of communication, is much closer to being used practically as researchers from Toshiba and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory have now developed high speed detectors capable of receiving information with much higher key rates, thereby able to receive more information faster.
Brain protein central to both Parkinson's, drug addiction identified
Scientists have identified a protein that appears not only to be central to the process that causes Parkinson's disease but could also play a role in muting the high from methamphetamine and other addictive drugs.
TEDTalks : What can we learn from the 1918 flu pandemic? - Laurie Garrett (2007)
In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague," gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience. Her insights from past pandemics are suddenly more relevant than ever.
Grief
Title: Grief
Recorded: April 29, 2009
Posted on: May 11, 2009
Speaker: Roshi Joan Halifax
Show: 136
This week’s talk takes place during our Being With Dying training. Grief is too often an emotion we try to bypass, even for small losses. However, grief is an emotion that humanizes us, giving us the opportunity to realize the truth of impermanence. Acknowledging all kinds of loss in our lives can foster compassion, and a chance to awaken to the moment.
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