This photo of a cat in a hat is an important part of why some people expect a good deal of media attention for this study: “Non-invasive electroencephalography in awake cats: Feasibility and application to sensory processing in chronic pain,” Aliénor Delsart, Aude Castel, Guillaume Dumas,Colombe Otis, Mathieu Lachance, Maude Barbeau-Grégoire, Bertrand Lussier, Franck Péron, […]
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has four segments. Here are bits of each of them: Nut deficiency — What would happen if you removed most of the nuts from the bolts on three of the four sides of a tall electrical power pylon? New data speaks to that question. Newshub reported on […]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 was awarded jointly to Andre Geim (see note [1] below) and Konstantin Novoselov for their groundbreaking experiments regarding the extraordinary properties of two-dimensional carbon. Nowadays, the burgeoning cornucopia of applications is such that a 21st century individual can literally kit themselves from head to toe with accoutrements which feature […]
A special hat filled with six cups’ worth of ground coffee may make it easier for surgeons to succeed at some kinds of nose and throat surgery. This study presents the news: “Coffee: the key to safer image-guided surgery—a granular jamming cap for non-invasive, rigid fixation of fiducial markers to the patient,” Patrick S. Wellborn […]