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The Queen and I: How autistic brain distinguishes oneself from others

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 10 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the brains of individuals with autism are less active when engaged in self-reflective thought. The study published today in the journal Brain provid ...


New biosensors reveal workings of anti-psychotic drugs in the living brain

New biosensors reveal workings of anti-psychotic drugs in the living brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists have resolved a question about how a popular class of drugs used to treat schizophrenia works using biosensors that reveal previously hidden components of chemical communication in the brain.


Scientists set their sights on hearing breakthrough for babies

Scientists set their sights on hearing breakthrough for babies

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first year to two years of life is a critical time for hearing impaired children and their language development. Whilst young babies with hearing difficulties can now be fitted with cochlear ...


The 'sci' behind the 'fi'

The 'sci' behind the 'fi'

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

As the voyagers of the Starship Enterprise boldly went to explore new worlds week after week on Star Trek, they used a host of futuristic technologies — including tricorders, holodecks, teleportation systems ...


Physics rules network dynamics

Physics rules network dynamics

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to the workings of the Web, the brain, or a social network, physics finds universal truths.


Magnetic field measurements of the human heart at room temperature

Magnetic field measurements of the human heart at room temperature

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A new optical sensor developed by the American National Institute of Standards and Technology was successfully tested by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany) in the "magnetically best shielded ...


I think step to the left, you think step to the east

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 2 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Even the way people remember dance moves depends on the culture they come from, according to a report in the December 14th issue of Current Biology. Whereas a German or other Westerner might think in terms of "step to the ...


RXR activation -- hope for new Parkinson's disease treatment

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Following up on their previous work showing the rescue of dopamine neurons by chemicals that interact with the retinoid X receptor (RXR), researchers have now investigated the potential of these chemicals, known as RXR ligands, ...


Easily led 'ash-tray': Adolescent smokers prone to drug abuse

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It is common knowledge that smoking is a health risk but why do teens become addicted to smoking more easily than adults? In an evaluation for Faculty of 1000 Biology, Neil Grunberg looks into why adolescents are more prone ...


'Volume dial' neurone may aid spinal disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scottish researchers have discovered a new class of neuron that may lead to new therapies for spinal injury.



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