In the fight against the current deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus, researchers are using an easily
overlooked tool: the mobile phone.
Can We Get Ahead of Ebola?
Ebola vaccine to be tested in UK
Originally Published by BBC News – A trial vaccine against Ebola could be tested on healthy volunteers in the UK in September, says an international health consortium.
Vermont Law School: The Ethical Dimensions of Energy Policy
The human use of energy has profound moral and ethical implications, raising issues that can only be answered by considering notions of justice. Earthzine science writer Osha Gray Davidson blogs about these crucial issues while on a fellowship at the Vermont Law School.
Tracking foodborne illness with Yelp
Originally Published by Earth Sky -An estimated 48 million Americans (about 1 in 6) are stricken with food poisoning each year. So says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but it really is, as my italicizing implies, just an estimate. It’s difficult to say how many people get sick from meals annually because only a fraction of these cases are ever reported. Working with Yelp may provide some answers.
The Big Thaw: Warming Affects Arctic Animals, People in Different Ways
Discussions of climate change often focus on mid-latitude effects in order to emphasize the need for action. However, climate change and ensuing ice melts are quickly devastating Arctic mammals and native peoples of the Arctic.
Twenty Buses a Day: The High Stakes Race to Create a Global Cholera Early Warning System
What infectious disease kills the most children under the age of five? If you guessed malaria or AIDS, guess again. Cholera claims more victims than either of those diseases. Now, a team of researchers are developing a method to provide early warning of cholera outbreaks. If successful, the effort could drastically reduce the number of cholera deaths.
Tracking the Currents of Fukushima
Ken Buesseler of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute describes methods for tracking oceanic Cesium released by the Fukushima disaster and misperceptions about radioactive danger in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.
Ducks were bird flu 'melting pot'
Originally published by BBC – Ducks were the melting pot of viruses that led to the new bird flu emerging in China early this year, according to Chinese scientists tracking the evolution of the virus.
Copper linked to Alzheimer's disease
Originally published by BBC News- A lifetime of too much copper in our diets may be contributing to Alzheimer’s disease, US scientists say.
Heart's Own Stem Cells Offer Hope for New Treatment of Heart Failure
Originally published in the journal Cell – Researchers at King’s College London have for the first time highlighted the natural regenerative capacity of a group of stem cells that reside in the heart. This new study shows that these cells are responsible for repairing and regenerating muscle tissue damaged by a heart attack which leads to heart failure.