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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: 07-2012
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FDA approves first preventative HIV drug
If you have an infected partner, Gilead Sciences’ Truvada pill could reduce your chance of infection by up to 90 percent.
July 17, 2012, 6:37 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Moth eye inspires radiation-reducing materials
To help lower patient radiation doses during an X-ray, researchers looked to the anti-reflective properties of moth eyes. These new scintillators contain thousands of corneal nipples.
July 16, 2012, 11:25 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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U.S. military develops implantable muscles
Armed Forces-funded scientists transplant muscle cells “excercised” in the lab onto the backs of mice.
July 16, 2012, 12:03 PM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Detecting Alzheimer’s decades before symptoms show
A chronology of subtle changes to the brain shows how signs of Alzheimer’s are detectable 25 years before symptoms like memory loss develop. Also, a genetic mutation that defends against the...
July 13, 2012, 11:52 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Gloves turn sign language into speech
Lined with a dozen sensors, EnableTalk senses the movements of the wearer’s hands and fingers and translate the signs into spoken words.
July 12, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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NASA will simulate Mars mission to test astronaut food
The crew will test space-ready sushi, paella, and croissants, and will research the question we’ve all been wondering: Can you cook in space?
July 12, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Diagnose Parkinson’s by making a 3-minute phone call
A tremble in the voice, softer speech, and breathiness. A new speech-processing algorithm could diagnose the disease with just one call to a computer.
July 11, 2012, 10:58 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Cheap diabetes test made of paper
This new strip would be ideal for measuring sugar levels in some rural parts of China and India, where type 2 diabetes is looming. And it uses urine… no more finger pricks.
July 11, 2012, 9:22 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Russians “grow” synthetic voiceboxes
The world’s first successful laryngotracheal implants were engineered using patients’ own stem cells.
July 11, 2012, 10:28 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Entrepreneur will sit on toilet until he raises funds
The co-founder of a charitable toilet paper startup won’t get off the pot until he raises $50,000 in launch funds.
July 11, 2012, 8:02 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn