News tagged with features
Study: Women look away more from abnormal babies
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Puzzling new research suggests women have a harder time than men looking at babies with facial birth defects. It's a surprise finding. Psychiatrists from the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital, who were studying ...
KIDO'Z: Internet for Kids
May 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When my son first started going to pre-school, I was surprised by the fact that there was a computer in the classroom. Aren't 3-year-olds a little young for this? However, the computer wasn't ...
What makes a cow a cow? Complete bovine genome sequenced
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Researchers report today in the journal Science that they have sequenced the bovine genome, for the first time revealing the genetic features that distinguish cattle from humans and other mammals.
Ultrasound can help low-risk patients avoid invasive thyroid biopsy
Apr 23, 2009 |
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The prevalence of benign thyroid nodules is high and there are certain ultrasound features, suggesting malignancy, that can help radiologists determine whether or not a biopsy is needed, according to a study performed at ...
Behind the scenes with Windows 7
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- To design Windows 7, Microsoft analyzed billions of pieces of data. It studied exactly what PC users do in front of their screens. It tallied hundreds of thousands of Windows surveys. It got feedback from people ...
Apple's small new 4-gigabyte iPod shuffle can talk
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Apple Inc. unveiled a minuscule new iPod Shuffle on Wednesday that takes its "smaller is better" mantra to a whole new level.
Microsoft testing new Internet search engine Kumo
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed it is testing a new Internet search engine it hopes will power the US software giant out of distant third place in a market dominated by Google.
Stalagmites in Northeast Brazilian Caves Confirm 9,000-Year Model of Diminishing Rainfall
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Until recently, researchers studying climate history in Brazil’s dry Nordeste region expected it to have wet and dry periods similar to the rest of South America. But over the past 9,000 years, ...
What the heck is it? Consumers can be primed to understand hybrid products
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Hybrid products are ubiquitous in today's marketplace: phones with cameras, watch/cameras, MP3 players with GPS systems. How can consumers understand the functions and features of these new products? A new study in the Journal ...
Next generation digital maps are laser sharp
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Restoring habitat for spawning species of fish, such as Atlantic salmon, starts with a geological inventory of suitable rivers and streams, and the watershed systems that support them. But the high-tech mapping ...
Trust your gut: Too much thinking leads to bad choices
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Don't think too much before purchasing that new car or television. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, people who deliberate about decisions make less accurate judgments than people who trust their ...
We're not buying it: Product add-ons influence consumer judgment
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Charging extra for "add-on" features on a product may backfire on merchandisers, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Researcher identifies possible genetic causes of borderline personality disorder
Dec 16, 2008 |
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According to the National Institute of Mental Health, borderline personality disorder (BPD) is more common than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and is estimated to affect 2 percent of the population. In a new study, a University ...
3 clinical features identified to avoid misdiagnosis of TIAs
Nov 10, 2008 |
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For mini-strokes, or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), both overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis can be perilous. Overdiagnosis neglects the real underlying illness. Underdiagnosis leaves a patient at risk of a full-fledged ...
A novel approach in the molecular differentiation of prion strains
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Aug 29, 2008 |
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A team from the French Food Safety Agency, Lyon, France, has identified a prion protein characteristic that is unique to some natural but unusual sheep scrapie cases. This finding, reported August 29th in the open-access ...
