Errors in consumer judgments studied
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Research shows both experts and novices can make notoriously poor consumer judgments and U.S. scientists say they believe they've determined why that is.
IMEC demonstrates multimedia decoding on reconfigurable processor with record power efficiency
Oct 19, 2006 |
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IMEC developed a reconfigurable processor for video decoding achieving power efficiencies 6 to 12 times higher than state-of-the-art C-programmed processors. The processor was derived from IMEC’s C-programmable ADRES (Architecture ...
Protein Important in Blood Clotting May Also Play a Role in Fertility
Biology /
Oct 19, 2006 |
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A protein known to play a role in blood clotting and other cell functions is also critical for proper sperm formation in mice, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
Metabolic disorder underlies Huntington's disease
Oct 19, 2006 |
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A metabolic disorder underlies the brain effects found in those with Huntington's disease, researchers report in an advance article publishing online October 19, 2006. The article will appear in the November 2006 issue of ...
Research Studies Driver Distractions and Dashboard Design
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Central Michigan University psychology professor Richard Backs plans to make the roads safer with research that could ultimately help car companies develop better technology which would minimize driver attention failures ...
Visual Imagery Technique Boosts Voting, Study Finds
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Registered voters who used a simple visual imagery technique the evening before the 2004 election were significantly more likely to vote the next day, a new study found. It was all a matter of the visual perspective people ...
Review: tooth-whitening products effective
Oct 19, 2006 |
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A University of Michigan review of 25 studies concludes at-home tooth-whitening products are effective in the short term.
A road is more than a road
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Standing by the edge of a busy four-lane road in Essex, Vemont, Anthony Gervais eyes a line of cars stopped at a light. Like a giant strand of metal beads pulled from one end, the cars start to move and spread when the light ...
Temperament linked to onset of cancer and early death in female rats
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Female rats that are apprehensive of new experiences as infants maintain that temperament and die earlier from mammary and pituitary tumors than do their more adventuresome sisters, according to new research by a team based ...
Norwalk virus hits 2nd Canadian campus
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Officials at a Nova Scotia university resumed extra-curricular activities Wednesday following a Norwalk virus outbreak that sickened at least 25 students.
Europe’s new MetOp weather satellite reaches polar orbit
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2006 |
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For 28 years, Europe has been operating its famous Meteosat weather satellites in geostationary orbit. Today, they were joined by the first of a brand new generation of meteorological satellites. MetOp is designed ...
Enhanced math instruction proposed
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Researchers say U.S. high school pupils taking vocational classes with enhanced math instruction do better on standardized math tests than other students.
