Electrical phenomena
hideElectrical phenomena are commonplace and unusual events that can be observed which illuminate the principles of the physics of electricity and are explained by them. Electrical phenomena are a somewhat arbitrary division of electromagnetic phenomena.
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News tagged with electrical activity
Auditory illusion: How our brains can fill in the gaps to create continuous sound
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
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It is relatively common for listeners to "hear" sounds that are not really there. In fact, it is the brain's ability to reconstruct fragmented sounds that allows us to successfully carry on a conversation in a noisy room. ...
Researchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease (w/ Video)
Nov 15, 2009 |
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Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity ...
Microsoft Researchers Developing Muscle-Based PC Interface (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft researches have teamed up with the University of Washington and the University of Toronto to develop a muscle-controlled interface that allows for hands-free, gesture-driven interaction ...
Now hear this: Scientists show how tiny cells deliver big sound
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Deep in the ear, 95 percent of the cells that shuttle sound to the brain are big, boisterous neurons that, to date, have explained most of what scientists know about how hearing works. Whether a rare, whisper-small second ...
'ECG for the mind' could diagnose depression in an hour
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 15, 2009 |
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An innovative diagnostic technique invented by a Monash University researcher could dramatically fast-track the detection of mental and neurological illnesses.
Researchers Pressing on in Their Mission to Power the Nanodevices of Tomorrow
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Much like humans, materials are capable of some pretty remarkable things when they're placed under pressure. In fact, under the right conditions, materials can even produce electricity.
New brain imaging method shows promise for epilepsy
May 21, 2009 |
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With 25 percent of his brain already gone, Clint Galster sat alone in a vaultlike room as doctors tried to figure out whether even more brain tissue could be taken out.
Drug prevents seizure progression in model of epilepsy
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 04, 2009 |
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Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified a new anticonvulsant compound that has the potential to stop the development of epilepsy. The findings are published in the March issue of the journal Epilepsia.
Your brain on -- and off -- caffeine
May 01, 2009 |
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Ever miss your daily cup of coffee and subsequently get a pounding headache? According to reports from consumers of coffee and other caffeinated products, caffeine withdrawal is often characterized by a headache, ...
Heart attacks: The tipping point
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Twenty percent of American deaths each year are caused by heart attack or angina, sometimes without any warning.
Researchers discover that gene switches on during development of epilepsy
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 23, 2009 |
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A discovery made by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine while studying mice may help explain how some people without a genetic predisposition to epilepsy can develop the disorder.
Faster, better diagnosis for patients with heart rhythm disorders
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Patients with heart rhythm disorders can look forward to better and faster diagnosis and treatment thanks to the latest generation of electrophysiology equipment used this week for the first time in North America at the Peter ...
Guitarists' brains swing together (w/Video)
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 17, 2009 |
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When musicians play along together it isn't just their instruments that are in time - their brain waves are too. Research published in the online open access journal BMC Neuroscience shows how EEG readouts from pairs of gui ...
Why Sensory Perception Changes When the Brain Rests
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Even when our eyes are closed, the visual centers in our brain are humming with activity. Weizmann Institute scientists and others have shown in the last few years that the magnitude of sense-related activity in a brain that’s ...
Behind closed eyes
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Even when our eyes are closed, the visual centers in our brain are humming with activity. Weizmann Institute scientists and others have shown in the last few years that the magnitude of sense-related activity in a brain that's ...
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