A new study in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Sci-Hub mirror) conducted microbial surveys of the bathrooms at the University of Connecticut (where the study’s lead authors are based) to investigate whether hand-dryers were sucking in potentially infectious microbes and then spraying them all over everything, as had been observed in earlier studies.
Source: boingboing.net
A new paperin this area generated some buzz on top of an earlier recent pub (mentioned in this post) just a week or so ago about the potential of stem cells for vision loss.
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Scientists have long known that restricting calories can fend off physiological signs of aging, with studies in fruit flies, roundworms, rodents and even people showing that chronically slashing intake by about a third can reap myriad health benefits and, in some cases, extend lifespan.
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NVIDIA’s Project Clara, a medical imaging supercomputer, renews the capabilities of these machines in place. Unveiled this week at the GPU Technology Conference, in Silicon Valley, Project Clara takes advantage of incredible advancements in computation.
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