Taiwanese Researchers Introduce Blink of the Eye Transmission Speed System On A Chip
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A world-wide expert on wireless communications, Professor Jri Lee of the National Taiwan University (NTU) and UCLA PhD conferred has created a system on a chip (SOC) with transmission speeds ...
Optical illusions: caused by eye or brain?
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When viewing the famous optical illusion painting Enigma by Isia Leviant, many people claim to see motion within the colored circles moving against the black and white striped background. Although this optica ...
Without enzyme, biological reaction essential to life takes 2.3 billion years
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All biological reactions within human cells depend on enzymes. Their power as catalysts enables biological reactions to occur usually in milliseconds. But how slowly would these reactions proceed spontaneously, in the absence ...
MSU researcher studies ties between cholesterol drugs, muscle problems
Medicine & Health / Medications
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A Michigan State University researcher is studying whether the most popular class of cholesterol-lowering drugs may cause muscle problems in users.
Study finds new nanomaterial could be breakthrough for implantable medical devices
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has made a breakthrough that could lead to new dialysis devices and a host of other revolutionary medical implants. The researchers have found ...
The miseries of allergies just may help prevent some cancers, study finds
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There may be a silver -- and healthy -- lining to the miserable cloud of allergy symptoms: Sneezing, coughing, tearing and itching just may help prevent cancer -- particularly colon, skin, bladder, mouth, ...
Joyful music may promote heart health
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Listening to your favorite music may be good for your cardiovascular system. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have shown for the first time that the emotions aroused by joyful music ...
Dusty Shock Waves Generate Planet Ingredients
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Shock waves around dusty, young stars might be creating the raw materials for planets, according to new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Newborn Neurons in the Adult Brain Can Settle in the Wrong Neighborhood
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In a study that could have significant consequences for neural tissue transplantation strategies, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that inactivating a specific gene in adult ...
Reducing consumption key to a sustainable future
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Based on then ground-breaking modelling, the forecasts of global ecological and economic collapse by mid-century contained in the controversial 1972 book; The Limits to Growth, are still ‘on-track’ ...
Researcher invents molecule that stops SARS
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A Purdue University researcher has created a compound that prevents replication of the virus that causes SARS and could lead to a treatment for the disease.
APEX reveals glowing stellar nurseries
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The region, called RCW120, is about 4200 light years from Earth, towards the constellation of Scorpius. A hot, massive star in its centre is emitting huge amounts of ultraviolet radiation, which ionises the ...
Over-thinking and motor skills: When teachers can't do
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hoping to sink a perfect putt? Don't talk about it, just do it. Psychology research shows over-thinking may be one reason those who teach often can't do the task as well as they'd like.
Miniaturizing memory: Taking data storage to the molecular level
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Computers are getting smaller and smaller. And as hand-held devices — from mobile phones and cameras to music players and laptops — get more powerful, the race is on to develop memory formats that can satisfy the ever-growing ...
Fatty diet during pregnancy makes new cells in fetal brain that cause early onset obesity
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A study in rats shows that exposure to a high-fat diet during pregnancy produces permanent changes in the offspring's brain that lead to overeating and obesity early in life, according to new research by Rockefeller ...
