Who's slowing you down?
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Solitary workers may be faster workers, according to research by neuroscience investigator Dr. Timothy Welsh. Welsh has demonstrated that individuals given a specific task are slowed when witnessing someone perform a different ...
Do animals think like autistic savants?
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When Temple Grandin argued that animals and autistic savants share cognitive similarities in her best-selling book Animals in Translation (2005), the idea gained steam outside the community of cognitive neuroscientists. ...
Drinking milk may help ease the pressure
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Women who drank more fat free milk and had higher intakes of calcium and vitamin D from foods, and not supplements, tended to have a lower risk for developing hypertension or high blood pressure, according to a new study ...
AMD discovery: New hope for treatment of vision loss
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Scientists have won a major battle in the fight against age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, a blinding eye disease that affects millions of people. An international team, led by researchers at Sainte-Justine Hospital ...
Aromaticity may occur in unexpected materials
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Shiv Khanna, Ph.D., professor of physics, and colleagues from Virginia Commonwealth University and Penn State, were recently highlighted in the Editor’s Choice section of the journal Science, as well as the ...
Greenland's rising air temperatures drive ice loss at surface and beyond
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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A new NASA study confirms that the surface temperature of Greenland's massive ice sheet has been rising, stoked by warming air temperatures, and fueling loss of the island's ice at the surface and throughout ...
Study shows effects of vitamin D and skin's physiology
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that previtamin D3 production varies depending on several factors including skin type and weather conditions. The study will appear in the March 2008 ...
Migration from Africa left mark on European genetic diversity
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Human migration from Africa to Europe more than 30,000 years ago appears to have left a mark on the genes of Europeans today.
Memory loss and other cognitive impairment becoming less common in older Americans
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Although it’s too soon to sound the death knell for the “senior moment,” it appears that memory loss and thinking problems are becoming less common among older Americans.
Listening to music improves stroke patients' recovery
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Listening to music in the early stages after a stroke can improve patients’ recovery, according to new research published online in the medical journal Brain today.
Beaver population helps battle drought
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They may be considered pests, but beaver can help mitigate the effects of drought, and because of that, their removal from wetlands to accommodate industrial, urban and agricultural demands should be avoided, ...
Key to TB's 'staying power' unlocked
Feb 20, 2008 |
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The first report of a biomolecular structure resolved using the Oxfordshire Diamond synchrotron is giving vital help in the fight against tuberculosis.
Drifting off to sleep
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Researchers studying the resting behaviour of wild sperm whales have found evidence that whales literally 'drift' off to sleep.
Amazing minaturized 'SIDECAR' drives Webb telescope's signal
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 20, 2008 |
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Many technologies have become so advanced that they've been miniaturized to take up less space and weigh less. That's what happened to detector controls and data conversion electronics on the James Webb Space ...
Standard test for blood sugar control not accurate in diabetic dialysis patients
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The standard test for measuring blood sugar control in people with diabetes is not accurate in those on kidney hemodialysis, according to new research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
