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Story Archives of 'science'
Your Skull in Resin
By Jen Nathan on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.
When a surgeon steps into the operating room, what lies under a patient’s skin is a bit of a mystery. Medical modeling is helping tunlock the unknown with 3-D models based on a patient’s actual anatomy.
Surgeons can hold these models in their hands in pre-op and use them to plan and rehearse surgery, all of which can save precious time in the operating room. Word of Mouth’s Jen Nathan visited one of North Carolina’s top manufacturers to find out more.
(Photo courtesy Anatomics)
The Sounds of Science
By Avishay Artsy on Monday, November 16, 2009.Here’s another way to make science appeal to kids – put it to song. Take one part Mr. Wizard and two parts High School Musical, shake vigorously, and you get The Sounds of Science.
Floating Mice
By Martha Poole on Tuesday, September 15, 2009.
Here’s one to make you wish you’d majored in physics -- for the first time, researchers at NASA have caused a mouse to levitate. This isn’t just some geeky late night fun in the lab. Scientists are studying mice in weightless conditions to learn more about how humans are affected by space travel.
