Results from a new prospective clinical trial indicate that high-dose-rate brachytherapy administered in a single, 19 Gray treatment may be a safe and effective alternative to longer courses of HDR treatment for men with localized prostate cancer. The study is available online in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics , the flagship journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology .
Category: Physics
Forget genius. Science is the product of less-than-brilliant minds
We scientists tend to tell our story via breakthroughs – paradigm shifts that shake the foundations of knowledge and remake everyone’s understanding of how the world works. It’s a tale of high-flying, singular brilliance, of Einsteins and Darwins, of pure genius.
Why NASA is sending a superbug to the space station
… MRSA, sometimes called a staph, is resistant to the antibiotic methicillin and many others. It can cause a variety of health problems including sepsis, pneumonia and skin and bloodstream infections. Goel is a medical doctor and a physicist. She’s …
Nanoparticles: The new One True Cause of All Disease? [Respectful Insolence]
Sorry. I couldn’t resist. I also couldn’t resist revisiting the topic of nanoparticles one last time.
The Large Hadron Collider — the greatest adventure in town
Particle Physics usually only hits the headlines when a new particle is discovered or some similar breakthrough. The principal reaction is rightly one of awe, as something fundamental seems to have been achieved generally by lots of people joining forces.
Everything we know about hangovers – and what you can do to make the pain go away
Many of us may not be feeling the welcome just quite yet. After all, Newton’s third law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.