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Scientists capture the first image of memories being made

Scientists capture the first image of memories being made

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (21) | comments 2

The ability to learn and to establish new memories is essential to our daily existence and identity; enabling us to navigate through the world. A new study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute ...





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Want to live well? Harvard experts offer pragmatic pointers on getting healthy and staying there

Want to live well? Harvard experts offer pragmatic pointers on getting healthy and staying there

Medicine & Health / Health

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

You are what you eat. You're also how you feel, how you exercise, how you sleep, how you handle money, how you relate to people, and what you value.


Elpida Completes Development of 65nm XS Version 1-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM

Technology / Semiconductors

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it had completed development of a 65nm XS extra-shrink version 1-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM that is as cost-competitive as ...


Racing, shooting and zapping your way to better visual skills

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Do your kids want a Wii, a PlayStation or an Xbox 360 this year? This holiday gift season is packed with popular gaming systems and adrenaline-pumping, sharpshooting games. What's a parent to do? Is there any redeeming value ...


Study reveals chemo's toxicity to brain, possible treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have developed a novel animal model showing that four commonly used chemotherapy drugs disrupt the birth of new brain cells, and that the condition could be partially reversed with the growth factor IGF-1.


Supernova explosions stay in shape

Supernova explosions stay in shape

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

At a very early age, children learn how to classify objects according to their shape. Now, new research suggests studying the shape of the aftermath of supernovas may allow astronomers to do the same.


Should flowers be banned in hospitals?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Does flower water harbour potentially deadly bacteria? Do bedside blooms compete with patients for oxygen? Do bouquets pose a health and safety risk around medical equipment?


Organic flash memory developed

Organic flash memory developed

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.


Exploring energy efficiency in multi-scale computing systems

Exploring energy efficiency in multi-scale computing systems

Technology / Other

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The University of California, San Diego and nine other universities are members of a new research center charged with finding ways to improve the design of computing systems ranging from large data centers ...


Critical communication for caregivers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia represent an exponentially growing social and health care challenge for American families - not only family members who face the progressive brain disease, but also those who ...


Review: Netbooks meet luxury in ultra-light Sony (AP)

Review: Netbooks meet luxury in ultra-light Sony

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Netbooks have been a hit among laptop buyers because they're cheap and they're easy to carry. Now there's the option to pay a lot more and get a lot less - a lot less weight, that is.



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