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- To teach scientific reproducibility, start young
- Twitter 'big data' can be used to monitor HIV, drug-related behavior
- Google Glass could help stop emerging public health threats around the world
| To teach scientific reproducibility, start young Posted: 28 Feb 2014 11:01 AM PST In the wake of retraction scandals and studies showing reproducibility rates as low as 10 percent for peer-reviewed articles, the scientific community has focused attention on ways to improve transparency and duplication. A team of math and statistics professors has proposed a way to address one root of that problem: teach and emphasize reproducibility to aspiring scientists, using software that makes the concept feel logical rather than cumbersome.  |
| Twitter 'big data' can be used to monitor HIV, drug-related behavior Posted: 28 Feb 2014 06:31 AM PST Real-time social media like Twitter could be used to track HIV incidence and drug-related behaviors with the aim of detecting and potentially preventing outbreaks. The study suggests it may be possible to predict sexual risk and drug use behaviors by monitoring tweets, mapping where those messages come from and linking them with data on the geographical distribution of HIV cases. The use of various drugs had been associated in previous studies with HIV sexual risk behaviors and transmission of infectious disease.  |
| Google Glass could help stop emerging public health threats around the world Posted: 27 Feb 2014 09:55 AM PST The much-talked-about Google Glass -- the eyewear with computer capabilities -- could potentially save lives, especially in isolated or far-flung locations, say scientists. They are reporting development of a Google Glass app that takes a picture of a diagnostic test strip and sends the data to computers, which then rapidly beam back a diagnostic report to the user. The information also could help researchers track the spread of diseases around the world.  |
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