Ebola is curable, here are the details of the new treatment
The risk of the epidemic spreading is very high, but the future is clear: Ebola is already defeated, the cure works. Now on with the therapies.
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City life ruins mental health in ways that we are only now beginning to understand
Cities are dynamic and stimulating places, but their residents have a much higher rate of mental illness than the rest of the population.
Surgery in times of climate threat: it's time for 'green' anesthesia
“I try to take precautions. I don't turn on too many lights, take shorter showers, or anything. I do what I can. But in my profession it is a very simple gesture that can have a gigantic impact."
To go to the USA you will need our social profiles
Fellow travellers, a passport, visa or a clean criminal record will not be enough. From now on, in fact, those who want to travel to the United States will also have to be analyzed via their glittering social profiles. The US Customs and Border Protection (the agency that controls the American borders) has committed itself to developing a new control system. All those who wish to enter the United States will be asked for information on their online activities. A mechanism to evaluate a rate from one's own utterances... Read more
The computer becomes a puzzle
It's called #Hp Elite Slice, and it's a modular #computer, a computer in which each element performs a different function and can be added or removed from the main unit. It weighs approximately 1 kg, the power can come from the screen, and various modules can be added, such as the one dedicated to audio for conference calls with double microphone, or the DVD player. It has an i7 processor and 8 GB of memory. It is designed especially for offices, and costs around 629 euros, to which… Read more
Facebook at Work ready to launch
The new Facebook at Work platform is about to see the light after years of preparation (and hypotheses about its functioning)
Found an insulin substitute that can be taken orally.
The WHO estimates the number of diabetics in the world at around 285 million (last year's data): this is almost 6% of the adult population. This translates (for type 1 diabetics and for 27% of type 2 diabetics) into the obligation to take daily insulin injections, which are uncomfortable and annoying. For some time, researchers have been trying to develop a form of insulin to be taken orally: a difficult undertaking, given that this protein is literally destroyed by ... Read more
Flying salvation: a network of aerial drones for first aid
The statistics released by the WHO tell us that of the millions of cases of fatal cardiac arrest occurring outside of hospital facilities, more than a third could be tackled: the timely arrival of an ambulance, the use of a defibrillator and lots and lots of speed (6 minutes is the window of time needed to save the patient). Many cities around the world do not have the capacity to act in time and lack the necessary organization. This translates into genocide: hundreds of thousands… Read more
