For over 30 years, editors at the Annals of Improbable Research have awarded the Ig Nobel Prizes which are parodies of the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Launch’
Find It Early Act
It’s hard to believe but today marks 12 years since I started writing these Friday blogs, which means there have […]
When the Editors Walked Out
It was 20 years ago when the Public Library of Science (PLOS) – motivated by Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus – launched its […]
Covid … and a Silver Lining
Two weeks ago, Linda Geddes, the science correspondent for The Guardian, contributed two articles, the first describing how the Covid pandemic ushered in […]
A New Scholarship is Launched
It was just two years ago that we marked the untimely passing of Tania Douglas, co-founder and board member of CapeRay, following […]
New WHO Roadmap for Breast Cancer
Last Saturday, 4 February 2023, marked World Cancer Day and, in advance of this annual event, the World Health Organization (WHO) released […]
GE HealthCare Spins Out
In a long-anticipated move, this past Wednesday GE spun out its healthcare division with a listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange. After […]
1.5 Billion Women Lack Health Screening
On Wednesday this week, Hologic released its second annual global women’s health index (GWHI), which provides a framework for achieving comprehensive progress. […]
New Director for National Cancer Institute
Fifteen years ago, when CapeRay was still being incubated within the University of Cape Town (UCT), we were awarded a […]
Invention and Entrepreneurship
David Albert is the founder and chief medical officer of AliveCor, a ten-year-old company whose vision is “to be the 24/7 virtual […]