American Gut In the summer of 2008, a 26-year-old man from Shanxi Province walked into a lab at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and 23 weeks later walked out 113 pounds lighter. He had not participated in a clinical trial of some new secret weight loss pill, or signed up for a punishing Biggest Loser-style exercise program, nor had he been fussed over by behavioral scientists who made his plates and drinking cups smaller with each passing week. The researchers, who were microbiologists, had simply put the man’s gut microbes on a diet. One of the huge mysteries in studies of diet and exercise is the difference between people who get the same treatment but have remarkably different outcomes. But why are there such extreme differences between people? Is our DNA to blame? In addition to the familiar human genome that we inherit from our moms and dads, each of us also has hundreds of trillions of microbial symbionts, each with their own genomes. No. 5. No. 4. No. 3. No. 2. No. 1.
Surgery Surgical research evaluates technology-driven implanted or implantable medical devices, surgical procedures or surgical devices. For example, a pacemaker is an implantable medical device that supports people with heart problems Surgery research aims to improve surgery productivity and patient outcomes and may include: Comparing the effectiveness of new surgical procedures Studies looking at non-surgical ways of treating people compared to the effectiveness of using surgery Studies looking at quality and organisation of surgery Studies looking at new treatments alongside surgery that can help patient recovery Surgery research is led by, or has significant input from surgeons. breast surgery Cancer surgeries cardiothoracic surgery elective orthopaedic surgery endocrine surgery gastrointestinal surgery vascular surgery
Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) U.S. consular officers assist Americans who encounter serious legal, medical, or financial difficulties. Although consular officers cannot act as your legal counsel or representative, they can provide the names of local attorneys and doctors, provide loans to destitute Americans, and provide information about dangerous conditions affecting your overseas travel or residence. Consular officers also perform non-emergency services, helping Americans with absentee voting, selective service registration, receiving federal benefits, and filing U.S. tax forms. Consular officers can notarize documents, issue passports, and register American children born abroad. Enrolling through this website is NOT considered proof of U.S. citizenship.
Citizen Sort Citizen Science What is a Citizen Naturalist? Citizen naturalists are people concerned about the environment who choose to help make a difference both locally and nationally. They spend time outside, observing nature with a critical lens. Anyone can be a citizen naturalist – all you need is a passion for nature and helping your community! Some examples of activities commonly performed by citizen naturalists: Cleaning up a local park or stream. Citizen Science Citizen science is where the public volunteers time to assist scientists in their research. Citizen science programs vary in type and scope. Looking for a Way to Get Involved? Fun with Frogs! The Beauty of BirdsThe Cornell Lab of Ornithology manages 12 bird citizen science programs, including Project Feederwatch, NestWatch and eBird. Fabulous Firefly FestivitiesThis summer, Boston's Museum of Science wants you to monitor fireflies. Monarch Mayhem! National Wildlife Federation’s Wildlife Watch Visit Wildlife Watch today!
Culture in the Classroom Printer-friendly version Educators today hear a lot about gaps in education – achievement gaps, funding gaps, school-readiness gaps. Still, there's another gap that often goes unexamined: the cultural gap between students and teachers. "A bunch of teachers here, they think they know what's wrong with us. But they don't know. Most of us in the education profession are white, middle-class, monolingual-English speakers. But the truth is: culture matters. Culture isn't just a list of holidays or shared recipes, religious traditions, or language; it is a lived experience unique to each individual. To truly engage students, we must reach out to them in ways that are culturally and linguistically responsive and appropriate, and we must examine the cultural assumptions and stereotypes we bring into the classroom that may hinder interconnectedness. Look For: What are some of the myths about Asian American students in the classroom that Diane speaks about? Go Deeper: Reflect On: Look for: Papers Books
Baby Laughter Survey | The Baby Laughter project The laughter of tiny babies is not just a phenomenally popular theme for YouTube videos, it is also a fantastic window into the workings of the human brain. You can’t laugh unless you get the joke and neither can your baby. At Birkbeck Babylab we study how babies learn about the world. We believe that studying early laughter in detail will throw new light on the workings of babies’ brains, as well as offering new insights into the uniquely human characteristic that is humour. There are LOTS of ways you and your baby can help us: 1. 2. 3. Thank you, Dr. (Visited 230 time, 8 visit today) Like this: Like Loading...
Citizen Science What is citizen science? Science is our most reliable system of gaining new knowledge and citizen science is the public involvement in inquiry and discovery of new scientific knowledge. A citizen science project can involve one person or millions of people collaborating towards a common goal. Typically, public involvement is in data collection, analysis, or reporting. The fields that citizen science advances are diverse: ecology, astronomy, medicine, computer science, statistics, psychology, genetics, engineering and many more. "Amateur science," "crowdsourced science," “volunteer monitoring,” and "public participation in scientific research" are also common aliases for citizen science. What is a citizen scientist? A citizen scientist is an individual who voluntarily contributes his or her time, effort, and resources toward scientific research in collaboration with professional scientists or alone. How can I get involved in citizen science projects? Bridging gaps. Scope. Policy. Resources
Panamath Famous Scientists - List and Biographies of Most Famous Scientists and Inventors in History Press releases - Turing's Sunflowers Thursday 22 March 2012 Thousands of sunflowers will be planted in honour of the mathematician Alan Turing as part of a new research project led by MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester) and Manchester Science Festival, in association with The University of Manchester. A hundred years after Turing was born families, schools, community groups and businesses will be encouraged to plant over 3000 sunflowers to celebrate his work and help solve a mathematical riddle that he worked on before his death in 1954. Alan Turing is famous for his code-breaking skills which helped to crack the Enigma Code during the Second World War, and as a founder of computer science and artificial intelligence, but later he became fascinated with the mathematical patterns found in stems, leaves and seeds - a study known as phyllotaxis. Erinma Ochu, Project Manager of Turing’s Sunflowers said: “This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about the wonder of maths in nature. Notes to editors
Henry Cavendish A natural philosopher, the greatest experimental and theoretical English chemist and physicist of his age, Henry Cavendish (10 Oct. 1731 – 24 Feb. 1810) was distinguished for great accuracy and precision in researches into the composition of atmospheric air, the properties of different gases, the synthesis of water, the law governing electrical attraction and repulsion, and calculations of the density (and hence the weight) of the Earth. Early Life: Cavendish attended Cambridge University from 1749 to 1753, but left without a degree. He engrossed himself in scientific studies but did not bother to publish a number of his important discoveries as Cavendish was sociable only with his scientific friends. Contributions and Achievements: He was the first to recognize hydrogen gas as a distinct substance for which he calculated their densities as well as the densities of several other gases. Based on his results, one can calculate a value for G of 6.754 × 10?