Stop signs: Study identifies 'braking' mechanism in the brain
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 04, 2007 |
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As wise as the counsel to "finish what you've started" may be, it is also sometimes critically important to do just the opposite -- stop. And the ability to stop quickly, to either keep from gunning the gas ...
A 'traffic light' for neurons means 'go' for improving brain research
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Every thought, feeling and action originates from the electrical signals emitted by diverse brain cells enmeshed in a tangle of circuits. At this fundamental level, scientists struggle to explain the mind. Worse yet, they ...
Measuring the brain's 'rich switch'
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Economists have postulated that people’s perception of the value of financial gains decreases as they become richer, but scientists have not really been able to measure this change in “marginal utility” in the laboratory… ...
New wireless technology to be developed
Apr 04, 2007 |
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A U.S. research team has been awarded a $3.5 million government grant to develop a new portable wireless communications technology.
Five-legged frogs baffle British
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Apr 04, 2007 |
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Scientists in England are trying to determine why some frogs in a river in Peterborough have five legs, the first known occurrence in Britain.
Flies don't buzz about aimlessly!
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Apr 04, 2007 |
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How you ever stopped to wonder how a fruit fly is able to locate and blissfully drown in your wine glass on a warm summer evening, especially since its flight path seems to be so erratic? Mark Frye at the University of California ...
Study: Red meat raises breast cancer risk
Apr 04, 2007 |
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A British study suggested that consuming even small portions of red meat can increase the risk of breast cancer in older woman by 56 percent.
Samsung Launches SpinPoint S166 HDD Series
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, today announced its new SpinPoint S166 Series of ultra silent and high-speed hard disk drives. The ...
Ferris State: Best in inefficiency
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Ferris State University won the 19th annual U.S. Rube Goldberg Machine Contest that honors imagination, creativity and inefficiency.
Therapy is not one size fits all
Apr 04, 2007 |
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The new school of thought is that there is not just one correct school of thought when it comes to counseling people. In actual practice, therapists mix theories and methods in order to produce best practices for helping ...
U.S. rejects three stem cell patents
Apr 04, 2007 |
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a preliminary rejection of three stem cell patents held by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
More Chinese wheat gluten is recalled
Apr 04, 2007 |
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A U.S. pharmaceutical and nutritional chemicals company has recalled all possibly contaminated wheat gluten it has imported from a Chinese supplier.
The global carbon budget -- proper accounting means paying attention to inland waters
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Life as we know it, from the most basic microbes to our human neighbors, is carbon based. By investigating how carbon cycles through ecosystems, scientists can learn valuable information about food chains, nutrient cycling, ...
Want to monitor climate change? P-p-p-pick up a penguin!
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Apr 04, 2007 |
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We are used to hearing about the effects of climate change in terms of unusual animal behaviour, such as altering patterns of fish and bird migration. However, scientists at the University of Birmingham are ...
Intel Offers vPro for Laptops
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Just a few weeks after Intel announced the new features of its vPro technology for desktops, the chip maker announces that it will offer the platform for business notebooks.
