4:18 PM
IBM's nanoparticle technology can search and destroy bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic drugs. Their tiny structures harmlessly degrade, leaving no residue, which could prevent the 100,000 US hospital patient deaths and $34 bil public health spending caused by antibiotic-resistant drugs:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-03/ibm-s-tiny-technology-rips-up-drug-resistant-germ-cells-in-early-research.html
It looks like the Republican plan to deal with the deficit will cut over $2 trillion from Medicare and Medicaid but leave Social Security alone and making the Bush tax cuts on wealthy Americans permanent. This will lead to some interesting debate...something needs to be done to address Medicare, Medicaid, *and* Social Security in my opinion, as talking about reducing the deficit while ignoring those 3 issues seems infeasible. Instead of just criticizing the plan, I hope that the Democrats come up with a plan to address the same issues and let the debate and public scrutiny compare their solutions:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/04/03/house.gop.budget/index.html?hpt=T2
Nice article about how the first cell phone call was made 38 years ago today:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/04/01/greene.first.cellphone.call/index.html?hpt=C1
This live blog of Charlie Sheen's live performance last night was interesting...it sounds like a disaster:
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/02/charlie-sheen-tour-review/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-03/ibm-s-tiny-technology-rips-up-drug-resistant-germ-cells-in-early-research.html
It looks like the Republican plan to deal with the deficit will cut over $2 trillion from Medicare and Medicaid but leave Social Security alone and making the Bush tax cuts on wealthy Americans permanent. This will lead to some interesting debate...something needs to be done to address Medicare, Medicaid, *and* Social Security in my opinion, as talking about reducing the deficit while ignoring those 3 issues seems infeasible. Instead of just criticizing the plan, I hope that the Democrats come up with a plan to address the same issues and let the debate and public scrutiny compare their solutions:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/04/03/house.gop.budget/index.html?hpt=T2
Nice article about how the first cell phone call was made 38 years ago today:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/04/01/greene.first.cellphone.call/index.html?hpt=C1
This live blog of Charlie Sheen's live performance last night was interesting...it sounds like a disaster:
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/02/charlie-sheen-tour-review/