Boys need regular doses of action to focus on study
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Short, regular doses of exercise between lessons helps boys concentrate and learn more in class, says a specialist in educating boys, Dr Michael Irwin.
A protein that triggers aggressive breast cancer
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SATB1 is a nuclear protein well known for its crucial role in regulating gene expression during the differentiation and activation of T cells, making it a key player in the immune system. But SATB1 has now ...
Study shows hybrid effect on power distribution
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A growing number of plug-in hybrid electric cars and trucks could require major new power generation resources or none at all— depending on when people recharge their automobiles.
Paradoxical Alzheimer's finding may shed new light on memory loss
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Do you remember the seventh song that played on your radio on the way to work yesterday? Most of us don’t, thanks to a normal forgetting process that is constantly “cleaning house” – culling inconsequential information from ...
To bet or not to bet: How the brain learns to estimate risk
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Researchers from EPFL and Caltech have made an important neurobiological discovery of how humans learn to predict risk. The research, appearing in the March 12 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, will shed light on why ...
How the brain copes in language-impaired kids
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Researchers at UCL (University College London) have discovered that a system in the brain for processing grammar is impaired in some children with specific language impairment (SLI), but that these children compensate with ...
First empirical study demonstrating that populations of nerve cells adapt to changing images
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Neuroscientists studying the mind’s ability to process images have completed the first empirical study to demonstrate, using animal models, how populations of nerve cells in visual cortex adapt to changing images. Their findings ...
Archaeologists find ancient temple in Iran
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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Australian and Iranian archaeologists say they may have found an ancient Elamite temple buried in Iran's Fars province.
NASA Prepares for First Unmanned Test of Orion
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Returning humans to the moon by 2020 may seem like a distant goal, but NASA's Constellation Program already has scheduled the first test flight toward that goal to take place in less than 12 months.
Astronomers find grains of sand around distant stars
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In a find that sheds light on how Earth-like planets may form, astronomers this week reported finding the first evidence of small, sandy particles orbiting a newborn solar system at about the same distance as the Earth orbits ...
Geotimes: The impending coastal crisis
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Coastlines are the most dynamic feature on the planet. In the March issue, Geotimes magazine looks into the risks of increased development along our coastlines and what that means for erosion, flooding and future development.
Researchers Hack Defibrillators
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Some medical devices such as implantable cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are now equipped with wireless technology, allowing for remote device checks and freeing patients from repeated doctor visits. ...
Shell shock
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An MIT materials scientist's research on sea snails has helped transform battery technology and may end the era when cell phones die if they're dropped and PDAs must be replaced if they get dunked in the tub.
Ibuprofen destroys aspirin's positive effect on stroke risk
Medicine & Health / Medications
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Stroke patients who use ibuprofen for arthritis pain or other conditions while taking aspirin to reduce the risk of a second stroke undermine aspirin’s ability to act as an anti-platelet agent, researchers at the University ...
The yin and yang of genes for mood disorders
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Individual genes do not cause depression, but they are thought to increase the probability of an individual having a depression in the face of other accumulating risk factors, such as other genes and environmental stressors.
