The BSI-TOYOTA Collaboration Center (BTCC; Hidenori Kimura, Director), has succeeded in developing a system which utilizes one of the fastest technologies in the world, controlling a wheelchair using brain waves in as little as 125 milliseconds (one millisecond, or ms, is equal to 1/1000 seconds). BTCC was established in 2007 by RIKEN, an independent administrative [...]

On August 11th at 7pm, the Las Vegas Clark County Library will open its doors to Dr. Success (aka Andrea Goeglein, Ph.D.) to share her expertise in Positive Psychology and happiness through, “Igniting Your Spirit of Resilience, One Book at a Time.” A well known author herself, Dr. Goeglein’s intention is to help audiences everywhere [...]

Propolis, an extremely complex resinous material gathered by honeybees from various plant sources, exhibits valuable pharmacological and biological properties attributed to the presence of polyphenols.
This study examined the antibacterial, antiradical and antioxidant activities of propolis from different provenances and correlated the values with total levels of polyphenolic compounds and flavonoids. Besides, individual contents of those [...]

The national tour of the Keep America Working career fairs sponsored by Monster.com®, the leading global online career and recruitment resource and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:MWW), travels back to the Southeast this week with a stop in New Orleans, Louisiana, tomorrow, June 30. The Keep America Working Tour includes more than 140 [...]

ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITC) today raised concerns about the lack of needed comprehensive electricity transmission policy reforms included in the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The company also praised the Senate on its proposal addressing how to plan, build and pay for transmission in this [...]

A number of recent studies show that patients admitted to hospitals on nights and weekends are less likely to receive immediate urgent medical care than those admitted on weekdays. You are statistically more likely to die if you check into a hospital on a weekend rather than on a weekday. While these studies’ conclusions do [...]

Thieme announced that WinkingSkull.com has been expanded to feature more than 1,700 images, including illustrations from Atlas of Anatomy as well as clinical material such as MRIs, CT scans and sectional anatomy with explanatory schematics. Users gain access to all these amazing images by subscribing to a PRO plan on the website WinkingSkull.com.
“This new addition [...]