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3 Questions: Suzanne Corkin on the world's most famous amnesic

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

2 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0

H.M., the well-known amnesic patient whose condition helped scientists understand memory and memory impairment, died a year ago at the age of 82. H.M. (whose full name, Henry Gustav Molaison, was disclosed ...

Mars Odyssey Orbiter Puts Itself Into Safe Standby

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

2 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into a safe standby mode on Saturday, Nov. 28, and the team operating the spacecraft has begun implementing careful steps designed to resume Odyssey's ...

Dehydration Affects Mood, Not Just Motor Skills

Medicine & Health / Other

Nov 24, 2009 | 2 / 5 (1) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dehydration has long been known to compromise physical performance. Now, a new study provides insight into the effects of mild dehydration on young athletes, and possibly into the lives of ...

Selling chip makers on optical computing

Technology / Semiconductors

Nov 24, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (11) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chips that transmit data with light instead of electricity consume much less power than conventional chips, but so far, they've remained laboratory curiosities. Professors Vladimir ...

Multiferroic compounds used to produce smaller and cheaper digital memories

Physics / Condensed Matter

Nov 27, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (6) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is it possible to make even more compact digital memories for portable electronic devices and which consume even less energy? A team of French researchers has recently demonstrated that it ...

New study finds men and women may respond differently to danger

Medicine & Health / Research

Nov 29, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 1

Researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study brain activation have found that men and women respond differently to positive and negative stimuli, according to a study presented today at the annual ...

Study sheds light on brain's fear processing center

Medicine & Health / Research

Nov 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

Breathing carbon dioxide can trigger panic attacks, but the biological reason for this effect has not been understood. A new study by University of Iowa researchers shows that carbon dioxide increases brain acidity, which ...

RNA on the move

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

Nov 26, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

In the fruit fly Drosophila, oskar mRNA, which is involved in defining the animal’s body axes, is produced in the nuclei of nurse cells neighbouring the oocyte, and must be transported to the oocyte and along ...

Gift Guide: A focus on HD video, at many prices

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

8 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

It's easier than ever to shoot high-definition video. You can do it with traditional-style camcorders, of course, but also with cameras that also are designed to take still photos - from high-end "digital ...