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Health Technology: is defined by the World Health Organization as the "application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives".
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APR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Technology
To be able to sing or speak, about 100 different muscles in our chest, neck, jaw, tongue, and lips must work together to ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 21, 2015Neuroscience
As a strategy to decrease road accidents caused under the influence of alcohol, a group of young students at the Institu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 21, 2015Technology
For example, short, sharp bursts of air to the area around the thumb, index finger and middle part of the palm generate ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 21, 2015Earth & The Environment
Take heart, science readers: one study shows science news makes a difference in at least some classic culture war conver ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Placebos have helped to ease symptoms of illness for centuries, despite their lack of active ingredients. They have also ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
This editorial by Nicolas Kristoff in the Sunday NY Times sheds light on animal intelligence--and human innovation.
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
By combining two highly innovative experimental techniques, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Many studies indicate two or fewer alcoholic beverages a day may be good for men's hearts. But a new paper suggests dang ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Cancer
Scientists have compiled some of the most sophisticated data yet on the elaborate signaling networks directing highly in ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 15, 2015Neuroscience
Social comparison, the human behavior made unnaturally easy by social media apps like Facebook, is linked to depressive ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 15, 2015Videos
The new Watson Health Cloud platform links IBM with Apple, Johnson & Johnson, and Medtronic, in a new technology to let ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Coffee drinking is often associated with lower rates of degenerative diseases, from Parkinson's to cancers. Two recent s ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 13, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
A new device developed by UCLA engineers and doctors may eventually help scientists study the development of disease, en ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Technology
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"The lack of meaningful human control places fully autonomous weapons in an ambiguous and troubling positio ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 10, 2015Neuroscience
As we age, the physical make up of our brains changes. This includes changes in neural processing in grey matter, but al ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a first study to test a new generation of HIV antibodies in humans, an experimental therapy lowered the virus amount ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 09, 2015Neuroscience
Why are some people able to master a new skill quickly while others require extra time or practice? To find the answer, ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Cancer cells often break free from their original locations and circulate through the bloodstream, allowing them to form ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Bodies found in a 200 year-old Hungarian crypt have revealed secrets of how tuberculosis (TB) took hold in 18th century ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Technology
To be able to sing or speak, about 100 different muscles in our chest, neck, jaw, tongue, and lips must work together to ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 21, 2015Neuroscience
As a strategy to decrease road accidents caused under the influence of alcohol, a group of young students at the Institu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 21, 2015Technology
For example, short, sharp bursts of air to the area around the thumb, index finger and middle part of the palm generate ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 21, 2015Earth & The Environment
Take heart, science readers: one study shows science news makes a difference in at least some classic culture war conver ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Placebos have helped to ease symptoms of illness for centuries, despite their lack of active ingredients. They have also ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
This editorial by Nicolas Kristoff in the Sunday NY Times sheds light on animal intelligence--and human innovation.
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
By combining two highly innovative experimental techniques, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Many studies indicate two or fewer alcoholic beverages a day may be good for men's hearts. But a new paper suggests dang ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Cancer
Scientists have compiled some of the most sophisticated data yet on the elaborate signaling networks directing highly in ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 15, 2015Neuroscience
Social comparison, the human behavior made unnaturally easy by social media apps like Facebook, is linked to depressive ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 15, 2015Videos
The new Watson Health Cloud platform links IBM with Apple, Johnson & Johnson, and Medtronic, in a new technology to let ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Coffee drinking is often associated with lower rates of degenerative diseases, from Parkinson's to cancers. Two recent s ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 13, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
A new device developed by UCLA engineers and doctors may eventually help scientists study the development of disease, en ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Technology
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"The lack of meaningful human control places fully autonomous weapons in an ambiguous and troubling positio ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 10, 2015Neuroscience
As we age, the physical make up of our brains changes. This includes changes in neural processing in grey matter, but al ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a first study to test a new generation of HIV antibodies in humans, an experimental therapy lowered the virus amount ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 09, 2015Neuroscience
Why are some people able to master a new skill quickly while others require extra time or practice? To find the answer, ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Cancer cells often break free from their original locations and circulate through the bloodstream, allowing them to form ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Bodies found in a 200 year-old Hungarian crypt have revealed secrets of how tuberculosis (TB) took hold in 18th century ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
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