'Power Napping' in Pigeons
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In humans, as in all mammals, sleep consists of two phases: deep, dreamless slow-wave-sleep (SWS) alternates with dream phases, called Rapid Eye Movement (REM)-sleep. Although several studies suggest that ...
Innovative archaeological survey reveals unknown aspects of China's past
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Imagine future archaeologists trying to understand Illinois, California or New York based on a few excavations in each of those states. They might excavate small areas in city centers, since those sites would ...
Gender differences in language appear biological
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Although researchers have long agreed that girls have superior language abilities than boys, until now no one has clearly provided a biological basis that may account for their differences.
The myth of runner's high revisited with brain imaging
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Throughout the world, amateurs, experts and the media agree that prolonged jogging raises people's spirits. And many believe that the body’s own opioids, so called endorphins, are the cause of this. But in fact this has never ...
Promising new material for capturing CO2 from smokestacks
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Scientists and engineers in Georgia and Pennsylvania are reporting development of a new, low-cost material for capturing carbon dioxide from the smokestacks of coal-fired electric power plants and other industrial ...
Surface dislocation nucleation: Strength is but skin deep at the nanoscale
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For centuries, engineers have bent and torn metals to test their strength and ductility. Now, materials scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science are studying the ...
Global warming threatens more than just coral
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Rising sea levels from global warming will threaten the livelihoods and homes of more than 200,000 people who live on coral atolls in coming generations.
Scientists uncover a novel mechanism that regulates carbon dioxide fixation in plants
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A team of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded scientists at the University of Essex has discovered a new mechanism that slows the process of carbon dioxide fixation in plants.
Invading trees put rainforests at risk
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To the list of threats to tropical rainforests you can add a new one — trees. It might seem that for a rainforest the more trees the merrier, but a new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution warns ...
Psychologist finds gender differences in forgiving
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Forgiveness can be a powerful means to healing, but it does not come naturally for both sexes. Men have a harder time forgiving than women do, according to Case Western Reserve University psychologist Julie Juola Exline. ...
'Lazy eye' treatment shows promise in adults
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New evidence from a laboratory study and a pilot clinical trial confirms the promise of a simple treatment for amblyopia, or “lazy eye,” according to researchers from the U.S. and China.
British childhood ends at age 11
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More than half of all British parents think childhood now ends at the age of 11, a survey by a children's book publisher indicates.
Researchers: Chia seeds are good for you
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Several U.S. researchers maintain the seeds used in products such as Chia Pet are actually good for the human body, it was reported Sunday.
Fentanyl transdermal patch recall expanded
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 03, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the expansion of a recall of Fentanyl transdermal system CII patches sold in the United States.
Britons waste $40 billion in food annually
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Britain is throwing away nearly half of all the food it produces, costing the nation an estimated $40 billion a year, it was reported Sunday.
