Brain's magnetic fields reveal language delays in autism
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Faint magnetic signals from brain activity in children with autism show that those children process sound and language differently from non-autistic children. Identifying and classifying these brain response ...
December: Ursid meteor shower out-performs the Geminids
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 01, 2008 |
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The annual Geminid meteor shower, which will reach its maximum on the night of Dec. 13-14, usually offers the best show of the year, outperforming even the Perseid shower of August.
Rivers are carbon processors, not inert pipelines
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Microorganisms in rivers and streams play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle that has not previously been considered. Freshwater ecologist Dr. Tom Battin, of the University of Vienna, told a COST ESF Frontiers of Science ...
Researchers learn that some 'good cholesterol' isn't good enough
Dec 01, 2008 |
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If you think your levels of "good cholesterol" are good enough, a new study published in the December 2008 issue of The FASEB Journal suggests that you may want to think again. In the report, researchers from the University of Chi ...
Unravelling the mystery of mechatronics
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Futuristic projects such as a glamorous desktop personal assistant called Nicole, who can help with tasks around the office, will come under the spotlight at a conference at the Massey University ...
Cleanliness can compromise moral judgment
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2008 |
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New research in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science has found that the physical notion of cleanliness significantly reduces the severity of moral judgments, showing that intuition, rather ...
Can you hear me now? How the inner ear's sensors are made
Biology /
Dec 01, 2008 |
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A UCLA study shows for the first time how microscopic crystals form sound and gravity sensors inside the inner ear. Located at the ends of cilia — tiny cellular hairs in the ear that move and transmit signals ...
Social factors, not mental illness, to blame for high male suicide rate
Dec 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The popular assumption that most suicides are the result of depression or other mental illness has been challenged by a study of male suicide which will be launched later today by researchers at the University ...
Discovery of virus in lemur could shed light on AIDS
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 01, 2008 |
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The genome of a squirrel-sized, saucer-eyed lemur from Madagascar may help scientists understand how HIV-like viruses coevolved with primates, according to new research from the Stanford University School ...
A picture paints more than a petabyte of data
Dec 01, 2008 |
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In the age of the petabyte, we all need help digesting and understanding massive amounts of information. In this month's Physics World, a series of features celebrates the ascendance of visual methods that are being used t ...
Lack of vitamin D could spell heart trouble
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Vitamin D deficiency—which is traditionally associated with bone and muscle weakness—may also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A growing body of evidence links low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels to common CVD ...
Good pre-school and home-learning boosts academic development
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Attending a high quality pre-school followed by an academically effective primary school gives a significant boost to children's development. These are the findings of a new study which shows that a stimulating early years ...
Protection from the own immune system
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Some 80,000 people in Germany suffer from multiple sclerosis – their immune system attacks and destroys healthy nerve tissue. Researchers at the Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg ...
New treatment hope for people with recurring depression
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Research shows for the first time that a group-based psychological treatment, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), could be a viable alternative to prescription drugs for people suffering from long-term depression.
Bronze age necklace unearthed
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A 4,000-year-old amber necklace has been discovered at a dig organised by a team of archeologists in Manchester.
