Why do we choose our mates? Ask Charles Darwin, prof says
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Charles Darwin wrote about it 150 years ago: animals don't pick their mates by pure chance - it's a process that is deliberate and involves numerous factors. After decades of examining his work, experts agree that he pretty ...
Crustacean shell with polyester creates mixed-fiber material for nerve repair
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In the clothing industry it's common to mix natural and synthetic fibers. Take cotton and add polyester to make clothing that's soft, breathable and wrinkle free. Now researchers at the University of Washington ...
Stress puts double whammy on reproductive system, fertility
Jun 16, 2009 |
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University of California, Berkeley, researchers have found what they think is a critical and, until now, missing piece of the puzzle about how stress causes sexual dysfunction and infertility.
Farmed fish may pose risk for mad cow disease
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University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation's food s ...
Study finds living near fast food outlet not a weighty problem for kids
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2009 |
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A new study by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) researchers contradicts the conventional wisdom that living near a fast food outlet increases weight in children and that living near ...
Extreme makeover chemistry style
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In revisiting a chemical reaction that's been in the literature for several decades and adding a new wrinkle of their own, researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have ...
Brain Regions Responsible for Empathy Mapped by Researchers
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Columbia University researchers have shown for the first time that two brain systems are primarily responsible for allowing humans to accurately predict the emotions of others. Psychology professors Kevin ...
New Opera technology allows simple content sharing
Jun 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Norway's Opera Software ASA on Tuesday launched a new feature for its Internet browser allowing users to share photos, music and files directly with one another, without needing to go through outside ...
Putting a name to a face may be key to brain's facial expertise
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Our tendency to see people and faces as individuals may explain why we are such experts at recognizing them, new research indicates. This approach can be learned and applied to other objects as well.
Bing search makes porn easy to filter out
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Microsoft says it has adjusted its freshly-launched Bing search engine to make it easier to filter out porn.
Contemplating excess wind
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How much usable energy do wind turbines produce? It is a question that perplexes engineers and frustrates potential users, especially on windless days. A study published this month in the International Journal of Energy provid ...
Britain seeks to become world's 'digital capital'
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Britain on Tuesday declared a goal to become the world's "digital capital" by building cutting-edge broadband, telecoms and media infrastructure to cement its role as a "global economic powerhouse".
SKorea military networks under growing cyber attack
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South Korea's military computer networks are under ever-growing cyber attack with 95,000 cases reported daily on average, officials said Tuesday.
Breakthrough in understanding severe asthma has potential for new treatment
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Scientists from King's College London and Imperial College London believe they have discovered a key element in the development of chronic asthma. Their research has been published in a new paper in the journal Proceedings of ...
New data demonstrate potential for early detection of Alzheimer's disease
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Data published in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease demonstrated that minimally-invasive biospectroscopy was able to identify changes in oxidative stress (OS) levels in blood plasma, which may prove to be ...
