News tagged with feedback cycle
Researchers studying hearing loss find auditory regions of the brain convert to the sense of touch
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered that adult animals with hearing loss actually re-route the sense of touch into the hearing parts of the brain.
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Emissions irrelevant to future climate change?
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Climate change and the carbon emissions seem inextricably linked. However, new research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Carbon Balance and Management suggests that this may not always hold true, although it may ...
More reasons to hate humidity: It expands global warming, prof says
Feb 19, 2009 |
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Here's yet another reason to hate humidity: it expands global warming, says a Texas A&M University professor.
Ocean Bridge Links Climate In Mid-Latitudes And Tropics
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 22, 2008 |
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It's no surprise when a tropical El Niño brings wet storms to the U.S. Southwest; now researchers are finding that the relationship may be two-way, with atmospheric variability outside of the tropics impacting the formation ...
A positive-feedback system ensures that cells divide
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Aug 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the life of every cell, there’s a point of no return. Once it enters the cell cycle and passes a checkpoint known as “Start,” a cell will follow the steps it needs to divide — no matter what changes might ...
Before fossil fuels, Earth's minerals kept CO2 in check
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Over millions of years carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been moderated by a finely-tuned natural feedback system— a system that human emissions have recently overwhelmed. A joint University of Hawaii / Carnegie ...
Nuanced case for outsourcing by automakers
Dec 30, 2008 |
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Automakers who favor the flexibility and price savings of outsourcing production must weigh carefully the product life cycle implications of sacrificing in-house manufacturing, according to the Management Insights feature ...
Does Facebook usage contribute to jealousy in relationships?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 06, 2009 |
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The more time college students spend on Facebook, the more likely they are to feel jealous toward their romantic partners, leading to more time on Facebook searching for additional information that will further fuel their ...
Water vapor confirmed as major player in climate change
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Water vapor is known to be Earth's most abundant greenhouse gas, but the extent of its contribution to global warming has been debated. Using recent NASA satellite data, researchers have estimated ...
Drug discovery short-circuits cancer growth
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Feb 10, 2009 |
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A new drug that blocks cancer's main source of growth has been created in the lab and proven effective in mice, scientists are reporting. It is now being readied for clinical trials in patients.
Circadian rhythms studies reveal new temperature regulator and track clock protein across a day
May 15, 2009 |
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Dartmouth Medical School geneticists have made new inroads into understanding the regulatory circuitry of the biological clock that synchronizes the ebb and flow of daily activities, according to two studies published May ...
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