Some important discoveries in science, medicine and technology have been made by accident. The things they often have in common is a clinical attention to detail, tenacity and follow through to the ultimate result. The 28th Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony took place on Thursday 13, September, 2018, at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. […]
Do Humans need Some Level of Stress to Live Longer? Lessons from Deep Subsea Floor Microbial Life
Award winning geo-biologist at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) USA and Wood Holes Oceanography Institutions Massachusetts used sophisticated drilling techniques to collect deep subsea floor samples to study microbial life, their interaction and potential implications for the wider life. The samples were collected from remote areas 80 km north coast of mainland Japan, only accessible […]
Organisational Food Safety Culture: helping thoughts
Every running car needs petrol or fuel to even start and then keep going. Even far more than that, all people need food to keep alive, keep going and developing as human beings to produce more food, better and enjoy their environment. The World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics showed that one in ten people suffers […]
Personalised medicine is coming, fast too!
It can only be good for all cancer patients and healthcare in general. It will match the rapid development, precision and growth in diagnostic technologies, which often have left the impression of a cancer disease epidemic or explosion. NHS England made history on Wednesday 5 September, 2018, when it became the first national healthcare provider […]