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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Making the lame walk
Via Instapundit: With Spinal Implant, Paralyzed Rats Can Walk Again | MIT Technology Review.Key statement: "...the first closed-loop control system that can really adjust leg movements in real time, despite paralysis."
Multi-tasking makes your brain smaller
Found on Drudge: Multi-tasking makes your brain smaller: Grey matter shrinks if we do too much | Daily Mail Online. On the flip side, this: "training – such as learning to juggle or taxi drivers learning the map of London – can increase grey-matter...
Quality Of Jobs Being Created
Via Instapundit: It was also suggested that there was an ongoing process of polarization in the labor market, with the share of job opportunities in middle-skill occupations continuing to decline while the shares of low and high skill occupations increased....
Quality Of Jobs Being Created
Via Instapundit: It was also suggested that there was an ongoing process of polarization in the labor market, with the share of job opportunities in middle-skill occupations continuing to decline while the shares of low and high skill occupations increased....
West Point example of linking higher education and technology research
Via Armed with Science: Points: Graduates comprise 19% of US Army’s officers each year, but 75% of those with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) degrees. Looking for research projects at other institutions for professors and cadets. Ponder: Sending...
West Point example of linking higher education and technology research
Via Armed with Science: Points: Graduates comprise 19% of US Army’s officers each year, but 75% of those with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) degrees. Looking for research projects at other institutions for professors and cadets. Ponder: Sending...
Scientists Discover Shot For Dreaded Double Chin
Via Business Insider, the Holy Grail of dieters: The researchers have found they can burn off excess fat in specific areas of the body by injecting tiny capsules filled with a modified type of heat-producing cell commonly found in animals and babies. Scientists...
Scientists Discover Shot For Dreaded Double Chin
Via Business Insider, the Holy Grail of dieters: The researchers have found they can burn off excess fat in specific areas of the body by injecting tiny capsules filled with a modified type of heat-producing cell commonly found in animals and babies. Scientists...