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Janet Fang
Janet Fang
Janet Fang has written for Nature, Discover and the Point Reyes Light. She is currently a lab technician at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. She holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University. She is based in New York.
Janet Fang
Janet does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Audrey Quinn
Audrey Quinn
Audrey Quinn is a multimedia science journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. She has corresponded for PRI's The World, Radiolab, Deutsche Welle's Living Planet, and a number of NPR affiliate stations. She also produces and hosts a podcast for the Mind Science Foundation. Previously, she performed neuroscience research at the University of Washington Autism Center and the Seattle VA Hospital.
Audrey Quinn
Audrey does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Archive: 10-2011
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Genomics X Prize: Sequence genomes of 100 centenarians in one month
Some people have successfully evaded diseases for 100 years. A new competition will award $10 million to the first team who can quickly and accurately sequence their genomes for $1,000 or less.
October 31, 2011, 9:37 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Fingernails down a chalkboard: why it hurts our ears
Some sounds just so excruciating. Researchers put volunteers to a listening test and found 2 factors at work: knowing where the sound is coming from and the unfortunate design of our ear canals.
October 30, 2011, 9:46 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Coming soon: fertility chip measures sperm
Researchers in the Netherlands have created a fertility chip to measure sperm concentration for parents wishing to conceive.
October 30, 2011, 6:52 PM PDT | By Stacy Lipson
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Medicine’s next big thing: Medic Mobile
Medic Mobile saves lives with a text.
October 28, 2011, 1:01 AM PDT | By Stacy Lipson
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Sepsis Drug Xigris taken off the market
Sepsis drug Xigris pulled from the market after drug failed to show benefits.
October 27, 2011, 10:57 PM PDT | By Stacy Lipson
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Grow an Olympic-sized heart with Burmese python plasma
After pythons eat, their hearts nearly double in size. Now, a fatty acid cocktail derived from the blood of well-fed pythons has been used to promote healthy heart growth, in mice.
October 27, 2011, 10:29 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Coming soon: surgery without scars for tumor patients
No scarring? Surgeons may be one step closer to performing scarless surgery in a small number of patients with skull base tumors.
October 27, 2011, 3:16 PM PDT | By Stacy Lipson
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A prosthetic arm with a built-in smartphone dock
A British man born without a left arm can now hold his prosthesis up to his ear to receive calls on his Nokia C7 and use just one hand to text, no balancing act required.
October 26, 2011, 9:03 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Fallout Forensics: Fukushima’s radiation toll much higher than claimed
A new model using data around the world suggests that levels of the long-lasting environmental contaminant cesium-137 are roughly twice the official government figure.
October 25, 2011, 5:47 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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For healthier eating, an Energy Star rating on food
For hurried Americans, the Institute of Medicine recommends a simple front-of-package point system for all food and beverages, with stars or checks based on fats, sugars, and sodium levels.
October 24, 2011, 9:12 PM PDT | By Janet Fang