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Pairing masks and hand washing could drastically slow spread of pandemic flu

(Medical Xpress) -- Masks and hand hygiene could cut the spread of flu-like symptoms up to 75 percent, a University of Michigan study found.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UT Arlington engineer developing 'Biomask' to aid soldiers recovering from facial burns

UT Arlington engineers working with Army surgeons are developing a pliable, polymer mask embedded with electrical, mechanical and biological components that can speed healing from disfiguring facial burns ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Beijing to issue new smog data after online outcry

Beijing's government on Friday bowed to a vocal online campaign for a change in the way air quality is measured in the Chinese capital, one of the world's most polluted cities.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Beijing hits 'blue sky' target despite bad air

Beijing authorities said they had met their target of "blue sky" days for 2011, amid growing public criticism that officials are underplaying the pollution problem in the Chinese capital.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 18, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Patient isolation associated with hospital delirium: study

A new study finds that patients who are moved into isolation during a hospital stay are nearly twice as likely to develop delirium, a potentially dangerous change in mental status that often affects hospital patients. Patients ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chinese go online to vent anger over pollution

Millions of Chinese went online Tuesday to vent their anger over the thick smog that has blanketed Beijing in recent days, raising health fears and causing hundreds of flights to be cancelled.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Study finds inadequate mask use among health care workers early in 2009 H1N1 outbreak

Inadequate use of masks or respirators put health care workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection during the earliest stages of the 2009 pandemic in the U.S., according to a study published in the December issue of Infection Co ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify brain cells responsible for keeping us awake

Bright light arouses us. Bright light makes it easier to stay awake. Very bright light not only arouses us but is known to have antidepressant effects. Conversely, dark rooms can make us sleepy. It's the reason some people ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New material for air cleaner filters that captures flu viruses

With flu season just around the corner, scientists are reporting development of a new material for the fiber in face masks, air conditioning filters and air cleaning filters that captures influenza viruses ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New etch process developed at the CNST uses argon pulsing to improve silicon etch rate and selectivity

Engineers in the CNST NanoFab have developed a new plasma etching technique for silicon which improves the etch rate, the mask selectivity, and the sidewall profile by optimizing the addition of argon to the process flow.  ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dozens seek help after bromine leak in Russia

Up to 50 litres of the toxic element bromine leaked Thursday at a rail station in the Russian Urals, releasing clouds of yellow smoke and forcing dozens to seek medical help.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers work to determine how H1N1 becomes pandemic

The last century has seen two major pandemics caused by the H1N1 virus -- the Spanish Flu in 1918 and 2009's Swine Flu scare, which had thousands travelling with surgical masks and clamoring for vaccination. But scientists ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New technology makes textiles permanently germ-free; targets health care-associated infections

A University of Georgia researcher has invented a new technology that can inexpensively render medical linens and clothing, face masks, paper towels -- and yes, even diapers, intimate apparel and athletic wear, including ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Apparent roadblock in the development of quantum lithography

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just when it began to appear that scientists had found a viable way around the problem of the blurring that occurs when using masks to create smaller and smaller silicon wafers for computer ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Simple face masks could significantly prevent spread of TB to non-infected patients

Face masks worn by patients infected with tuberculosis (TB) may be able to significantly cut transmission rates to non-infected patients, according to a new study by researchers from the U.S. and South Africa. The study was ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mask

A mask is an article normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance or entertainment. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and practical purposes. They are usually worn on the face, although they may also be positioned for effect elsewhere on the wearer's body, so in parts of Australia giant totem masks cover the body, whilst Inuit women use finger masks during storytelling and dancing.

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