Search results for rest period
Study yields clues about the evolution of epilepsy
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Two children have a seizure. One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is diagnosed with epilepsy. A study being led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ...
Intellectual work induces excessive calorie intake
Sep 04, 2008 |
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A Université Laval research team has demonstrated that intellectual work induces a substantial increase in calorie intake. The details of this discovery, which could go some way to explaining the current obesity epidemic, ...
Circumcision may not reduce AIDS risk
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 04, 2008 |
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A study conducted in Africa suggests male circumcision does not reduce the risk of HIV transmission to female partners.
Fish fatty acids don’t make you cleverer or happier
Dec 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A diet rich in fish fatty acids has no effect on cognitive functions such as memory and concentration in the elderly. Nor does it affect their level of wellbeing. This is the conclusion drawn by Dutch researcher ...
Mars Rover Team Sets Low-Power Plan for NASA's Spirit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After assessing data received from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on Thursday, mission controllers laid out plans for the rover to conserve its modest energy during the next few weeks.
What happens in Vegas? Place as a risk factor for suicide
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 11, 2008 |
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Every day 85 Americans die by suicide and hundreds of thousands more make attempts every year. The vast majority of recent studies on suicide have focused on identifying psychiatric risk factors. However, a new study by Temple ...
Motor skill learning may be enhanced by mild brain stimulation
Jan 19, 2009 |
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People who received a mild electrical current to a motor control area of the brain were significantly better able to learn and perform a complex motor task than those in control groups. The findings could hold promise for ...
Repeated sessions of exercise burn more fat than a single, long session
Jul 18, 2007 |
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Taking a break in the middle of your workout may metabolize more fat than exercising without stopping, according to a recent study in Japan. Researchers conducted the first known study to compare these two exercise methods—exercising ...
Microsoft moves forward on plan to lay off 5,000
May 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is pulling the trigger on thousands of the 5,000 job cuts it announced in January.
Let me sleep on it: Creative problem solving enhanced by REM sleep
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Research led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving. The findings ...
Scientists identify protein that enhances long-term memory by controlling rest intervals
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 01, 2009 |
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As most good students realize, repeated studying produces good memory. Those who study a lot realize, further, that what they learn tends to be preserved longer in memory if they space out learning sessions between rest intervals. ...
Summer heat increases risk of amniotic fluid level deficiency, study reveals
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Pregnant women have a higher incidence of insufficient amniotic fluid levels (oligohydramnios) in the summer months due to dehydration, according to a study conducted by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ...
Phoenix to Bake Ice-Rich Sample Next Week
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 03, 2008 |
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The next sample delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) will be ice-rich.
Scientists find high-fat diet disrupts body clock
Biology /
Nov 06, 2007 |
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Our body’s 24-hour internal clock, or circadian clock, regulates the time we go to sleep, wake up and become hungry as well as the daily rhythms of many metabolic functions. The clock -- an ancient molecular machine found ...
Cut marks on bone suggest burial rituals of Early Britons
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research on human remains from Kent’s Cavern in Devon has led scientists to believe that humans from the Mesolithic period (after the Ice Age) may have engaged in complex ritualistic burial ...
