Tuning in to a new language on the fly: Effects of context and seasonality on songbird brain
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Research conducted at Rutgers University has shown that exposure to a changed acoustic and social environment can rewire the way the brain processes sounds. Beginning in the cochlea of the inner ear, nerve cells of the auditory ...
Vine invasion? Ecologist looks at coexistence of trees and lianas
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Among the hundreds of species of woody vines that University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee ecologist Stefan Schnitzer has encountered in the tropical forests of Panama, the largest has a stalk nearly 20 inches in ...
Carbon dioxide poses risk to marine life survival
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change and the subsequent acidification of the world's oceans will significantly reduce the successful fertilisation of certain marine species by the year 2100, an international team ...
Elpida Ready to Launch World's Largest Capacity (16-Gigabyte) FB-DIMM
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Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), announced today that it is ready to launch 16-gigabyte Fully Buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM), the world's largest capacity FB-DIMM. Based on its ...
Gender equality on the slide?
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge University study suggests growing numbers of people are concerned about working mums' impact on family life.
Improved Reaction Data Heat Up the Biofuels Harvest
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High food prices, concern over dwindling supplies of fossil fuels and the desire for clean, renewable energy have led many to seek ways to make ethanol out of cellulosic sources such as wood, hay and switchgrass. ...
Study Reveals Use of Cleaning Products During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Asthma in Young Children
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Brunel University researcher suggests that chemicals in household cleaning products explains why excessive hygiene is linked to increased asthma and allergies.
Ground breaking eye therapy for stroke victims developed
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new computer-based therapy for stroke victims who have suffered partial vision loss has been developed by Scottish scientists.
Recipe for cell reprogramming adds protein
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A drug-like molecule called Wnt can be substituted for the cancer gene c-Myc, one of four genes added to adult cells to reprogram them to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, according to Whitehead researchers. Researchers ...
External Tank, Solid Rocket Boosters, Readied for Next Shuttle Launch
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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External tank ET-127 and the twin solid rocket boosters, which will fly with space shuttle Atlantis on the next shuttle mission, were joined Aug. 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The next processing ...
Post-partum suicide attempt risks studied
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Although maternal suicide after giving birth is a relatively rare occurrence, suicide attempts often have long-lasting effects on the family and the infant. In a study published in the August 2008 issue of the American Jo ...
New implant device remotely monitors heart failure patients at Northwestern Memorial
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Chest pain and shortness of breath are common symptoms that send tens of thousands of heart failure (HF) patients into U.S. hospitals each month. Cardiologists at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern Memorial ...
Researchers report periodontal disease independently predicts new onset diabetes
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Periodontal disease may be an independent predictor of incident Type 2 diabetes, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. While diabetes has long been believed to be a risk ...
Students with food allergies often not prepared
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College students with food allergies aren't avoiding the foods they know they shouldn't eat. Students of all ages are not treated with potentially life-saving epinephrine as often as they should be. And instructors, ...
Researchers uncover West Nile's targets
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Screening the entire human genome, a team headed by Yale University scientists have identified several hundred genes that impact West Nile virus infection. The findings reported Wednesday online in the journal Nature may gi ...
