Salt intake linked to autoimmune diseases.
In developed countries in recent decades the incidence of autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes, has spiked. Researchers describe in three studies that were published in Nature that the molecular pathways that can lead to autoimmune disease and identify one possible culprit that has been right under our noses — and on our tables — the entire time: salt.
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CDC microbiologist,holds up a plate that demonstrates the modified Hodge test, which is used to identify resistance in bacteria.
In hospitals across America, deadly infections with bacteria that resist even the strongest antibiotics are on the rise. Health officials have warned that here is only a “limited window of opportunity” to halt their spread.
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Can Twitter be used as an informal barometer of public opinion? Surely the constant torrent of often spontaneous, 140-character tweets coming from millions of people should provide a window into what people are really thinking.
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Each post is seen by one in three Facebook “friends.”
Do you know who saw the picture you posted on Facebook or what you posted on your timeline? More of your Facebook “friends” saw what you posted than the average Facebook user realizes, according to a study done by data scientists at Facebook.
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Weibo, China’s version of Twitter.
China’s version of Twitter, a microblogging service called Weibo was launched in 2010. Just like Twitter, users are allowed to post 140 character messages with @username and #hashtags. 140 characters in Chinese contain significantly more information content than in English.
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“Internet of Things”
We will soon be able to build apps for our cars, thermostats, refrigerators, and more thanks to the “Internet of Things.” But what happens when attackers get into your company’s system through an ice maker instead of the phishing email we’re all so used to?
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Women aged 75 and younger are dying at higher rates than previous years.
There is compelling evidence from a new study that the expectancy for some U.S. women is falling, a disturbing trend that experts can’t explain. The study found that women aged 75 and younger are dying at higher rates than previous years in nearly half of the nation’s counties. many of the women lived in rural areas and in the West and South. For men, life expectancy has held steady or improved in nearly all counties.
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Technology will make education even more accessible and more reliable than it has today.
Kevin Kelly told the audience at the 2007 EG Conference for youth and young adults that 10 years ago no one would have believed the Internet was coming, least of all him.
Humans have been interfacing with machines for thousands of years.
You have probably heard a lot about wearables, living services, the Internet of Things, and smart materials by now. Designers are beginning to think about even weirder and wilder things, envisioning a future where evolved technology is embedded inside our digestive tracts, sense organs, blood vessels, and even our cells.
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70 billion apps will be downloaded worldwide in 2013.
Ten apps will be downloaded for every single woman, man, and child on the planet in 2013. According to ABI Research, half of those apps will be Android apps, which will have 58 percent smartphone app share and 41 percent of those will be iOS apps. Thirty-three percent of smartphone app downloads will be for the Apple iPhone while the iPadwill take 75 percent of tablet app downloads. Windows Phone and tablet devices will account for the majority of the rest, with BlackBerry taking about a 2 percent share.
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Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University presented the results at a conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
For the very first time, a baby born with HIV has reported to have been cured at age 2 1/2 through an aggressive drug treatment with antiretroviral drugs.
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Recently, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance compiled this map of all the communities in the country that control their own access to the Internet. There are about 340 of them with publicly owned fiber-optic or cable networks, serving either all or parts of town. Those residents and businesses in the places served don’t have to spar with telecom giants like AT&T and Comcast. They get their Internet instead – like many communities do their electric utility – straight from the city.
Continue reading… “Why there are no big cities that have municipal broadband networks”
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