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On the tip of your tongue: Researchers reveal our motor system activates when we hear speech

On the tip of your tongue: Researchers reveal our motor system activates when we hear speech

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London have discovered our motor system activates automatically when we hear speech. These findings could, in the future, play a central role ...


Housing growth near national parks may limit conservation value

Space & Earth / Environment

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The growth of housing near national parks, national forests and wilderness areas within the United States may limit the conservation value that these protected areas were designed to create in the first place, a new study ...


Enhanced sweet taste: This is your tongue on pot

Medicine & Health / Research

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New findings from the Monell Center and Kyushu University in Japan report that endocannabinoids act directly on taste receptors on the tongue to enhance sweet taste.


New study finds catch shares improve consistency, not health, of fisheries

Biology / Ecology

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Catch share programs result in more consistent and predictable fisheries but do not necessarily improve ecological conditions, according to a new study published online this week by the journal Proceedings of the National ...


Enzyme necessary for development of healthy immune system

Medicine & Health / Research

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Mice without the deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) enzyme have defects in their adaptive immune system, producing very low levels of both T and B lymphocytes, the major players involved in immune response, according to a study by ...


Marohn describes breakthrough imaging technology

Researchers are on the path to creating nano-MRI images

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers are devising methods to detect the magnetic fields of individual electrons and atomic nuclei, which they hope to use to make a nanoscale version of magnetic resonance imaging.