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Learned safety cheers depressed mice: An animal model of behavioral intervention for depression
Oct 08, 2008 |
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A new animal model has provided insight into the cellular and molecular mechanisms associated with behavioral therapy for depression. The study, published by Cell Press in the October 9th issue of Neuron, may provide a good ...
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Malaria cases likely half in third of countries
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(AP) -- Malaria cases appear to have been slashed by half in more than a third of countries battling the disease following a renewed push by the United Nations to eradicate it, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
U of A students reaffirm the work of a 1920s paleontologist
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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Three University of Alberta paleontology graduate students blew the dust off an 85-year-old dinosaur find to discover the original researcher had it right and a 1970s revision of his work was wrong.
Fossils on the Edge of Forever
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Astrobiologists have not yet found alien life on other planets. But the fossil record has evidence of aliens of another sort: the Ediacarans that lived on Earth millions of years ago.
Do consumers always approach pleasure and avoid pain? New study suggests an alternative
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Whether it's doing sit-ups or eating steamed veggies instead of fries, it's often difficult to get ourselves to do something we know is beneficial. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says we can trick oursel ...
AOptix Technologies and NuCrypt demonstrate physical-layer quantum encryption
Dec 14, 2009 |
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AOptix Technologies, a leading edge developer of ultra-high bandwidth laser communication solutions, and NuCrypt, a provider of technology for ultra-high security over optical communication networks, disclosed today the recent ...
I think step to the left, you think step to the east
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
Math goes viral: Researchers make math and science real for high-school students
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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At least a dozen Alberta high-school calculus classrooms were exposed to the West Nile virus recently.
Decades-old dioxins pollute river, divide US community
Dec 13, 2009 |
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The signs posted along Michigan's Tittabawassee River warning of dangerous dioxin levels don't really worry fisherman David Mitchell.
Lawmakers seek emergency steps to halt Asian carp
Dec 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Members of Congress are demanding emergency action to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and devastating their $7 billion fishery.
Globalive to launch mobile phone service in Canada
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Canadian government said Friday that it has approved a request from Egyptian-backed telecom Globalive Wireless Management Corp. to launch its mobile phone service in Canada.
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