Fruit fly research may 'clean up' conventional impressions of biology
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The metamorphosis of biology into a science offering numerically precise descriptions of nature has taken a leap forward with a Princeton team's elucidation of a key step in the development of fruit fly embryos -- discoveries ...
Looking for something? Surprising number of neurons help find it
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A person searching for a ripe tomato at the grocery store is more likely to notice apples, strawberries and other red fruits as well, according to a new study that measured changes in blood flow in the brain. The researchers ...
The end of barroom brawls
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 18, 2007 |
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The link between alcohol and aggression is well known. What’s not so clear is just why drunks get belligerent. What is it about the brain-on-alcohol that makes fighting seem like a good idea? And do all intoxicated people ...
A brain chemical that battles despair
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Researchers have identified a gene-regulating protein in the brains of mice that triggers the animals' ability to cope with the "behavioral despair" caused by inescapable stress. They said their studies have yielded an animal ...
Gene identified for Crohn's disease in children
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Pediatrics researchers have identified a gene variant that raises a child’s risk of Crohn’s disease, a chronic and painful condition attributed to inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract.
ASML Ships TWINSCAN XT:1900i Lithography System for Volume Production
Jul 18, 2007 |
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ASML today announced that it has shipped its first TWINSCAN XT:1900i, the world’s only lithography system capable of imaging features down to 36.5 nanometers (nm) on chips manufactured in volume. Production of the XT:1900i ...
VoodooPC Smashes Industry Records with Next-Gen Notebook PC
Jul 18, 2007 |
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VoodooPC, the world's leading architect of personalized, handcrafted high-performance PCs, today introduced its 17-inch widescreen notebook PC, the ENVY H:171.
New insecticide created for mosquitoes
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French scientists have developed an effective insecticide-repellent compound that can be used against mosquitoes resistant to current chemicals.
A new dawn for climate prediction
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Scientists must develop new, more adaptive approaches to predicting and monitoring climate, say climate modellers from the University of Exeter. In a 'perspectives' article published in leading journal Science, Professor Peter ...
Brain region central to placebo effect identified
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Researchers have pinpointed a brain region central to the machinery of the placebo effect—the often controversial phenomenon in which a person’s belief in the efficacy of a treatment such as a painkilling drug influences ...
Helicopter flight trials for EGNOS
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Successful trials have recently been conducted at Lausanne, Switzerland, using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) to guide a helicopter as it approached and touched down at an emergency ...
New Patent Dramatically Improves DNA Analysis
Jul 18, 2007 |
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A basic scientist in the Department of Surgery at Jefferson Medical College and the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson has shared a patent on what may someday be a ubiquitous tool in DNA analysis. The discovery could have ...
New study measures narcissistic CEOs' effect on corporate strategy, performance
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Companies led by more narcissistic chief executives tend to make more frequent strategy changes, undertake larger and more frequent acquisitions, and have more extreme and irregular fluctuations in performance, according ...
Pediatric Ritalin may affect young brains
Medicine & Health / Medications
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U.S. medical researchers have discovered use of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug Ritalin by young children might affect their brains.
Control of motorcycle steering instabilities
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The Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge Professor Malcolm Smith has been working on steering compensation for high-performance motorcycles.
