Apple links with the University of York for world's first laptop orchestra
Nov 15, 2007 |
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50 music students from the University of York will perform three orchestral pieces on laptop computers at concerts this month. They will form the largest digital ensemble of its kind anywhere in the world.
Study links asthma and post-traumatic stress disorder
Nov 15, 2007 |
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For the first time, a study has linked asthma with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adults in the community. The study of male twins who were veterans of the Vietnam era suggests that the association between asthma ...
Heart attacks and nerves
Nov 15, 2007 |
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Scientists have found a naturally occurring protein, known as nerve growth factor, can dramatically improve the survival of heart cells.
Study looks at how children learn new words
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Nov 15, 2007 |
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Is it a plane? Is it a car? Is it a thingywhatsit? A new research project at the University of Sussex (UK) aims to find out more about how children acquire language.
'New thinking' needed for changing terrorist threat
Nov 15, 2007 |
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A groundbreaking two-year investigation into how crowded public places can best deal with the changing nature of the terrorist threat is announced today.
Research finds similarities in dog, human breast cancer pre-malignant lesions
Nov 15, 2007 |
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Pre-malignant mammary lesions in dogs and humans display many of the same characteristics, a discovery that could lead to better understanding of breast cancer progression and prevention for people and pets, said a Purdue ...
Optic flow: A step in the right direction
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Nov 15, 2007 |
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The motion we perceive with our eyes plays a critical role in guiding our feet as we move through the world, Brown University research shows.
Earlier bites by uninfected mosquitoes boost West Nile deaths in lab mice
Nov 15, 2007 |
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There’s one more reason to try to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes, scientists have discovered: bites from mosquitoes that aren’t infected by the West Nile virus may make the disease worse in people who acquire it later from ...
Fetal heart rate yields clues to children's later development
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Variations in heart rate patterns provide information on how the nervous system functions in adults and children. Obstetricians have long considered heart rate patterns to be important indicators of fetal well-being during ...
Schizophrenics more likely to suffer from ruptured appendix
Nov 15, 2007 |
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People with mental illness suffer more than just psychological problems. People with schizophrenia are more likely to suffer from ruptured appendix than others, according to research published in the online open access journal, ...
Brain compensatory mechanisms enhance the recovery from spinal cord injury
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A research team led by Tadashi Isa, a professor at the Japanese National Institute for Physiological Sciences, NIPS (SEIRIKEN), and Dr. Yukio Nishimura (University of Washington, Seattle), have found that brain compensatory ...
Pianist blends nanotechnology with music
Nov 15, 2007 |
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If the hard science of nanotechnology took on the soft curves of classical music, what would it sound like? The two will come together at a concert Friday, under the nimble fingers of pianist Milton Schlosser, ...
Study shows Google favored over other search engines by webmasters
Nov 15, 2007 |
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Web site policy makers who use robots.txt files as gatekeepers to specify what is open and what is off limits to Web crawlers have a bias that favors Google over other search engines, say Penn State researchers whose study ...
Poxvirus' ability to hide from the immune system may aid vaccine design
Nov 15, 2007 |
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The cowpox virus, a much milder cousin of the deadly smallpox virus, can keep infected host cells from warning the immune system that they have been compromised, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in ...
Predicting the future in ovarian cancer
Nov 15, 2007 |
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Kisspeptin and its receptor GPR54 predict a favourable clinical outcome in women with ovarian carcinoma, and are specific for the clear cell carcinoma subtype, research published this week in the online open access journal, ...
