News tagged with communication
Thoughtful words help couples stay fighting fit
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Couples who bring thoughtful words to a fight release lower amounts of stress-related proteins, suggesting that rational communication between partners can ease the impact of marital conflict on the immune system.
Logitech buys video conferencing firm
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Switzerland-based Logitech is buying video-conferencing equipment firm LifeSize Communications in a 405-million-dollar deal expected to close next month.
Client-directed therapy technique drastically reduces divorce/separation rates
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Using four simple questions to generate client-directed feedback can greatly increase the chances that struggling couples will stay together, according to a recently published study.
Research shows avatars can negatively affect users
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although often seen as an inconsequential feature of digital technologies, one's self-representation, or avatar, in a virtual environment can affect the user's thoughts, according to research by a University ...
NICTA demonstrates new interference-cancellation modem for 3G femtocell networks
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, has successfully demonstrated technology that reduces the amount of radio interference in 3G networks with ...
New imagining technique could lead to better antibiotics and cancer drugs
Nov 09, 2009 |
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A recently devised method of imaging the chemical communication and warfare between microorganisms could lead to new antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral and anti-cancer drugs, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.
New research could help protect frontline troops
Nov 04, 2009 |
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A team of researchers at Queen's University Belfast's Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) is working to develop futuristic communications systems that could help protect frontline troops.
Understanding the brain's natural foil for over-excited neurons
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Glutamate is to the brain like coffee is to our bodies. A cup of Joe in the morning can wake us, but overloading on caffeine causes the stimulant to work against us.
New concept may enhance Earth-Mars communication
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Direct communication between Earth and Mars can be strongly disturbed and even blocked by the Sun for weeks at a time, cutting off any future human mission to the Red Planet. An ESA engineer working with engineers ...
Deaths to local soldiers matter in shaping war opinion
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Americans think locally when they consider whether the loss of U.S. troops overseas warrants troop withdrawals, a new nationwide study suggests.
Milestone discovery in cell behaviors
Oct 14, 2009 |
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A team of international molecular scientists, led by a Monash University researcher has discovered a new, fast mechanism by which cells communicate change - for example their location during spreading of a cancer in the human ...
NTU team studies world's fastest satellite Internet connection
Oct 14, 2009 |
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In disaster-struck areas where terrestrial communications may be down, the deployment of rescue teams becomes extremely challenging. A team led by Assistant Professor Lee Yee Hui from the School of Electrical and Electronic ...
Are mobiles and social networking sites changing the way we behave?
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How dependent have we become on mobile phones, and are social networking sites changing the nature of our relationships with other people? A three-year Oxford University study is to address ...
New publication offers security tips for WiMAX networks
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Government agencies and other organizations planning to use WiMAX -- Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access—networks can get technical advice on improving the security of their systems from a draft computer security ...
Communicating person to person through the power of thought alone (w/ Video)
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 06, 2009 |
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New research from the University of Southampton has demonstrated that it is possible for communication from person to person through the power of thought alone.
