Music lovers get the 'meta' of digital audio
Jan 31, 2008 |
4.2 / 5 (11) |
0
Groundbreaking audio software developed by European researchers could help music lovers jump to the hidden beats.
Youths in child welfare system behave better with early intervention
Jan 31, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (10) |
0
Children in the welfare system would have a better chance of staying out of trouble if their caregivers are trained in ways to prevent delinquent behavior before it festers, a new study says.
Molecular glue with new effect
Biology /
Jan 31, 2008 |
4.9 / 5 (8) |
0
Ten years ago, researchers at the IMP - a basic research institute in Vienna - discovered a fundamental and amazingly plausible mechanism of cell division. They identified a protein complex, which, as a ring-shaped molecule, ...
Probing Question: What is colorblindness?
Jan 31, 2008 |
3.9 / 5 (10) |
2
Midnight Blue, Burnt Orange, Aquamarine. Since 1903, Crayola crayons -- with their fanciful names and hundreds of hues -- have introduced generations of American children to the nuanced beauty of the color spectrum. Imagine ...
NASA Spacecraft Streams Back Surprises From Mercury
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 31, 2008 |
4 / 5 (9) |
0
The recent flyby of Mercury by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has given scientists an entirely new look at a planet once thought to have characteristics similar to those of Earth's moon. Researchers are amazed ...
Research suggests why scratching is so relieving
Jan 31, 2008 |
4.4 / 5 (7) |
0
In the first study to use imaging technology to see what goes on in the brain when we scratch, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have uncovered new clues about why scratching may be so relieving ...
21st century water management: Calculating with the unknown
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2008 |
3.9 / 5 (8) |
0
Climate change is making a central assumption of water management obsolete: Water-resource risk assessment and planning are currently based on the notion that factors such as precipitation and streamflow fluctuate ...
Migrating birds detect latitude and longitude, but how remains a mystery
Biology /
Jan 31, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 (6) |
0
Eurasian reed warblers captured during their spring migrations and released after being flown 1,000 kilometers to the east can correct their travel routes and head for their original destinations, researchers report online ...
Gene variants may help to distribute the work of evolution between men and women
Biology /
Jan 31, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 (6) |
0
Scientists from deCODE genetics today report the discovery of two common, single-letter variants in the sequence of the human genome (SNPs) that regulate one of the principle motors of evolution. Versions of the two SNPs, ...
Towards a better understanding of hot spot volcanism
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (6) |
0
Most of the Earth’s listed active volcanoes are located at the borders between two tectonic plates, where upsurge of magma from the mantle is facilitated. When these magmatic uprisings occur at a subduction zone, where one ...
Researchers uncover more about how poxviruses evade the immune system
Jan 31, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (6) |
0
Scientists at Saint Louis University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham have uncovered important new information about a key protein that allows viruses such as smallpox to replicate and wreak havoc on the immune ...
Study reveals improved prediction of prostrate cancer
Jan 31, 2008 |
4.2 / 5 (6) |
0
Scientists are another step closer to understanding why some people suffer from life-threatening diseases such as cancer. Research published in the new online open access journal BMC Medical Genomics reveals a model that m ...
Inherited individual variations influence patterns of gene shuffling
Jan 31, 2008 |
5 / 5 (5) |
0
The first large-scale, high-resolution study of human genetic recombination has found remarkably high levels of individual variation in genetic exchange, the process by which parents pass on a mosaic-like mixture of their ...
Pharmaceutical breakthrough may make a range of drugs cheaper and more available
Biology /
Jan 31, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 (5) |
0
A new study published in the February 2008 print edition of The FASEB Journal describes a scientific advance that should reduce the cost and increase the availability of a wide range of drugs. In the report, University of ...
Archaeologists discover Roman fort
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 31, 2008 |
4.4 / 5 (5) |
0
University of Exeter archaeologists have discovered a Roman fort in South East Cornwall. Dating back to the first century AD, this is only the third Roman fort ever to have been found in the county. The team believes its ...
