Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch

Before humanity sent satellites, telescopes, humans and weapons into space, Robert Goddard experimented with the first liquid ...
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Thoracostomy tube placement in the dog

Placement of a chest tube may be necessary for management of pleural space disease in mammals. This column describes two accepted techniques for thoracostomy tube placement in the dog. A thoracostomy ...

Breathing in nanoparticles could enable a 10-minute pneumonia check at point of care

Diagnosing some diseases could be as easy as breathing into a tube. MIT engineers have developed a test to detect ...
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A physiological comparison of flutter valve drainage bags and underwater seal systems for postoperative air leaks

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK Mr D A Waller, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK. BACKGROUND A study was undertaken to compare ...