Archive: 10/19/2007
People identify fearful faces before happy ones
A new study proves that the brain becomes aware of fearful faces more quickly than faces showing other emotions: a capability that may have evolved to direct attention to potential threats.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Engineer aims to regulate varying wind power
As Texas' electric grid operator prepares to add power lines for carrying future wind-generated energy, an electrical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin is developing improved methods for determining ...
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Mice roar message: genetic change happens fast
While looks can be deceiving, heredity is revealing, and two scientists who've studied the genetic makeup of a common field mouse report that what's most revealing to them is how fast both genes and morphology can change.
Biology /
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Reading minds to save lives
Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, but some are reluctant to undergo screening despite the fact that regular screening saves lives.
Oct 19, 2007 |
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By the Light of the Moon
The gently glowing moon is more than just a pretty ball in the sky—for gamma-ray astronomers, the moon could become a unique target for calibrating instruments such as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope ...
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Confining the data explosion
More simulation also requires more space on the hard disk – no prob-lem for the new compression software. The volume of data for crash and weather simulations is shrunk to as little as a tenth of its original size.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Crew in Florida, Launch Set for Tuesday
The Shuttle Training Aircraft carrying the STS-120 astronauts touched down at 1:18 p.m. EDT on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Light shone within brains of mice reveals secrets of sleep-wake cycle
By flickering a special light inside the brains of sleeping mice to wake them up, Stanford researchers have shown that they can induce behavior in a living mammal by directly controlling specific neural cells. In so doing, ...
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Why 'Made in China' should increase our carbon footprint
Nearly a quarter of China's carbon emissions are created by goods manufactured and exported to Western consumers, according to research by University of Sussex climate change analysts Dr Tao Wang and Dr Jim Watson.
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Researchers find new role for well-known protein
In a finding that may lead to potential new treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, researchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT report an unexpected role in the ...
Biology /
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Discovery of rare moss boosts research
René Belland has a soft spot for moss - especially Haller's apple moss. "It's so soft. If you found a field full of it, you'd just want to lie down in it," said the assistant director of research at the University ...
Biology /
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Boosting the accuracy of Rosetta's Earth approach
Yesterday, 18 October at 18:06 CEST, the thrusters of ESA’s comet chaser, Rosetta, were fired in a planned, 42-second trajectory correction manoeuvre designed to 'fine tune' the spacecraft's approach to Earth. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Cosmic Vision 2015-2025: and the candidate missions are...
The first steps of the next great phase of European space science have been taken! At its meeting held on 17-18 October 2007 in Paris, ESA’s Space Science Advisory Committee (SSAC) selected the new candidates ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Clinical trial evaluating brain cancer vaccine is underway
A clinical trial evaluating a brain cancer vaccine in patients with newly diagnosed brain cancer has begun at NYU Medical Center. The study will evaluate the addition of the vaccine following standard therapy with surgery ...
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Paleontologist reports discovery of carnivorous dinosaur tracks in Australia
The first fossil tracks belonging to large, carnivorous dinosaurs have been discovered in Victoria, Australia, by paleontologists from Emory University, Monash University and the Museum of Victoria (both in Melbourne). The ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 19, 2007 |
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