Reading a face is tricky business
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 31, 2007 |
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Reading the face of a person who is trying to conceal fear or other emotions is tricky business, according to a new Northwestern University study of electrical activity in the brain.
Impact Craters in Tyrrhena Terra
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2007 |
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The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express obtained images of the Tyrrhena Terra region on Mars.
Waters off Washington state only second place in world where glass sponge reefs found
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Jul 31, 2007 |
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Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, University of Washington scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor. The species of glass sponges capable of building reefs were ...
Negative effects of plastic's additive blocked by nutrient supplements
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Experiments in animals have provided additional and tantalizing evidence that what a pregnant mother eats can make her offspring more susceptible to disease later in life.
Most complete primate gene study reported
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U.S. scientists have completed what's believed the most comprehensive assessment of gene copy number variations across human and non-human primate species.
Discovery in plant virus may help prevent HIV and similar viruses
Jul 31, 2007 |
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In a study that could lead to new ways to prevent infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and similar organisms, Purdue University researchers have been able to genetically modify a plant to halt reproduction ...
Nanotechnology helps scientists make bendy sensors for hydrogen vehicles
Jul 31, 2007 |
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In recent years, Americans have been intrigued by the promise of hydrogen-powered vehicles. But experts have judged that several technology problems must be resolved before they are more than a novelty.
American buffalo slaughter fueled by international trade
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While the 19th century is surely one of the most inspirational periods in American history, it also bears witness to a less flattering record with regard to the environment: most significantly, the slaughter of the plains ...
Gold nanoparticles may pan out as tool for cancer diagnosis
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 31, 2007 |
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When it comes to searching out cancer cells, gold may turn out to be a precious metal. Purdue University researchers have created gold nanoparticles that are capable of identifying marker proteins on breast cancer cells, ...
Artificial Nanopores Take Analyte Pulse
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 31, 2007 |
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Resistive pulse sensing represents a very attractive method for identifying and quantifying biomedical species such as drugs, DNA, proteins, and viruses in solution.
Hallucinations in schizophrenia linked to brain area that processes voices
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For the first time, researchers using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have found both structural and functional abnormalities in specific brain regions of schizophrenic patients who experience chronic auditory hallucinations, ...
Students should use common sense when posting to Facebook.com, says expert
Jul 31, 2007 |
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Think you know your daughter's potential college roommate for her freshman year? Think again.
Scientists discover brain cell development process implicated in mental retardation
Jul 31, 2007 |
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Scientists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have discovered a biological process in brain cell development that may help explain some causes of mental retardation. This understanding may one day help other ...
Religious physicians are surveyed
Jul 31, 2007 |
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A U.S. study found that religiously focused physicians don't disproportionately care for poor and underserved patients.
Disparities in infant mortality not related to race, study finds
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The cause of low birth weights among African-American women has more to do with racism than with race, according to a report by an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
