#NSWASCIWIRE
Recent work by our members#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.
Million-Weaver: Open Wide
Sputum, writes Samuel Million-Weaver (@smwmarathonsam), is no fun. It’s gloppy. As a tuberculosis sample, it has many flaws, including that it conceals the bacteria that clinicians are looking for. An oral swab test could be simpler, more accurate, and easier to...
Sorensen: Wonder No More
A bread revolution is coming, writes Eric Sorensen (@WSUDiscovery), and it’s starting here in the Northwest. In Washington State, Eric describes research at the Washington State University Bread Lab to change the science, marketing, and public perception of our daily...
Yonck: Light on the Brain
At Scientific American, Richard Yonck explores a new scientific method that could have huge therapeutic potential. In his guest blog, “Optocapacitance Shines New Light on the Brain," Richard explains how optocapacitance developed from increasingly sophisticated...
Lindley: Suffering Better
Robin Lindley’s in-depth interview with British historian Joanna Bourke covers the history, language, and personal experience of pain. Professor Bourke’s book, The Story of Pain: From Prayer to Painkillers is the starting point for the conversation but the exchange...
James: Tweeting About “Emperor”
Sally James, at HealthNewsReview.org, gives a rundown of the social media response to “The Emperor of All Maladies,” a Ken Burns documentary about cancer. What do physicians, patients, and researchers say about the film, which is based on the best-selling 2010 book by...