Rebel designs in audio
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Modern analog designs leverage common circuit ideas. Few are original. Complimentary outputs, vbe multipliers, diff pairs, current sources, current mirrors, etc., were all original designs that became commonplace. One of the most talented, creative,…
1 in 3 Americans prescribed opioids in 2015
From Newsmax The United States needs to curb excessive opioid prescribing and improve access to pain management techniques, suggests a new government study.Researchers found that more than one third of U.S. adults were prescribed the medications in 2015 and many…
US: FDA gives blood cancer drug breakthrough status
From Newsmax AstraZeneca said on Tuesday that U.S. regulators had awarded its blood cancer drug acalabrutinib “breakthrough” status for the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma, a rare type of blood cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision…
1 Aug Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, TD Emily
Aug 1 Tuesday 2017 Tropical Report Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Tue Aug 1 2017 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on…
Caribbean Development Bank: CDB provides support for young Caribbean STEM scholars
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has once again partnered with the Caribbean Science Foundation (CSF) for the 2017 edition of the Student Program for Innovation in Science and Engineering (SPISE). SPISE is a five-week residential programme for talented students from…
CRISPR’d human embryos doesn’t mean designer babies are around the corner
By Sarah Buhr From Techcrunch Earlier this week scientists stunned us with the announcement they’d genetically altered the first human embryos in the U.S. using CRISPR technology — but don’t hold your breath if you think the ability to make…
A Cuban vaccine might some day turn lung cancer into a chronic disease
BY MIMI WHITEFIELD From Miami Herald The first patients in a clinical trial at Roswell Park Cancer Institute have begun receiving monthly doses of CIMAvax-EGF, a Cuban lung cancer vaccine that U.S. researchers say shows promise in preventing the recurrence…
Tropical Storm Emily brings drenching rains to Florida
Travis Herzog’s Daily Tropical Weather Update for Monday, July 31, 2017 From ABC News 13 HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Tropical Storm Emily rapidly formed overnight in the eastern Gulf right off the Florida coastline. Meteorologist Travis Herzog said the small…
31 July Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, TS Emily, 1 dist in Atlantic
July 31 Monday 2017 Tropical Report Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Mon Jul 31 2017 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on…
Space capsule with 3 astronauts blasts off to orbiting lab
From Richmond Times -Dispatch BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Soyuz space capsule successfully blasted off for the International Space Station on Friday, carrying an American astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and an Italian astronaut. NASA’s Randy Bresnik, Russia’s Sergei Ryazansky and…








