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UK approves controversial Hinkley C nuclear power plant
from New Scientist - News
(2016-9-15 19:24)
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A controversial£18 billion nuclear power plant has been given the government go-ahead after much delay and criticism of its high costs and delays
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Doctors‘nudged’ into prescribing far fewer antibiotics
from New Scientist - News
(2016-9-15 8:01)
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Sending a subtle letter to 800 GP practices has reduced antibiotic prescriptions by more than 73,000, the UK“nudge unit” has claimed
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Wmの憂鬱、"1:1の呪縛”がゲノム医療の進展を阻む【日経バイオテクONLINE Vol.2523】
from 日経バイオテクONLINE
(2016-9-15 8:00)
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厚生労働省のゲノム医療等実現推進タスクフォースは9回も会議を重ね、今やいよいよ中間報告の最終策定に入りました。近く公表される見通しです。内容は、ゲノム情報の取り扱い、ゲノム医療の質の確保（遺伝子関連検査の品質・精度確保）、そして社会環境整備などです。ゲノム医療を社会が善用する基盤となる遺伝子差別禁止法を主張する田副フォースの参加者も多かったのです。実際、米国では遺伝子情報差別禁止法（GINA）によって、遺伝子情報による雇用と健康保険契約の禁止を定めています。「まだ被害が無い」など厚労省は法令化に後ろ向きです。立法技術上難しいと率直に言う官僚もいました。しかし、このまま、もぐらたたきのような対応に終始するだけでは、何よりも重要な国民のゲノムに対する理解（リスクも含めて）は進まず、安心してゲノム医療を受けたり、ゲノム医療のデータを共有したりして、さらにゲノム医療の質を向上させるサイクルを回すこともままなりません。出来の悪い個人情報保護法ではこうしたことも不可能です。前のメールでも申し上げましたが、医療関連情報の保護・利活用法とゲノム差別禁止法をまとめた新法を制定すべきではないでしょうか?
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Cold fusion is better left out in the cold
from New Scientist - News
(2016-9-15 3:00)
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An influx of money coming from investors has got the US Congress interested in funding cold fusion. Such a move would probably be a waste of taxpayer money
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Hawaiian crows can use sticks as tools but are nearly extinct
from New Scientist - News
(2016-9-15 2:00)
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Like their cousins the New Caledonian crows, island-welling Hawaiian crows seem naturally disposed to using tools for getting food
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Our water is full of drugs and we don’t know their effects
from New Scientist - News
(2016-9-15 2:00)
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Water reuse means we are all consuming a cocktail of other people's leftover medicines, but measuring their impact is almost impossible. It's time we clean up our act
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60 Seconds
from New Scientist - News
(2016-9-15 2:00)
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Fishy nanobots, presidential parasite, Virgin Galactic flies again and more
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One Per Cent
from New Scientist - News
(2016-9-15 2:00)
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AI helps fight future fires, reading a book through its cover, and delivery bots get a mother ship
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Living a perfect Facebook life isn’t worth the real-world stress
from New Scientist - News
(2016-9-15 2:00)
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Social networks let us put our best face forward, letting us be someone we're not when offline? but faking it comes with a cost
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Travellers warned of fatal tick-borne disease in Western Europe
from New Scientist - News
(2016-9-15 1:27)
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Two people have caught Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Spain, a virus that can kill up to 30 per cent of those who catch it
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