News tagged with natural scenes

CSI: PCR-free techniques ID the most active microbes on the scene

Anyone who has watched one of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television shows knows that PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) is a technology used to amplify the tiniest samples of DNA into forensic evidence ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers utilize neuroimaging to show how brain uses objects to recognize scenes

Research conducted by Boston College neuroscientist Sean MacEvoy and colleague Russell Epstein of the University of Pennsylvania finds evidence of a new way of considering how the brain processes and recognizes ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

TV crime drama compound highlights immune cells' misdeeds

Detectives on television shows often spray crime scenes with a compound called luminol to make blood glow. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have applied the same compound to much smaller ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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A lost world? How zooarchaeology can inform biodiversity conservation

A new study of tropical forests will provide a 50,000-year perspective on how animal biodiversity has changed, explored through an archaeological investigation of animal bones.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created 12 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

6- to 9-month-olds understand the meaning of many spoken words: research

At an age when "ba-ba" and "da-da" may be their only utterances, infants nevertheless comprehend words for many common objects, according to a new study.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 5 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tailor-made search tools for the Web

For companies, customer feedback is a matter of strategic importance. Smart apps for the semantic analysis of user opinions from the Web help businesses keep an eye on feedback. Users benefit as well: with ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research team takes new approach to studying differences between human and monkey brains

(Medical Xpress) -- In order to provide more insight into how human and monkey brains are similar and how they’re different, a research team has taken a different approach to studying both to find out ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

High planetary tilt lowers odds for life?

Highly-tilted worlds would have extreme seasons, subjecting life to alternating periods of scorching and subzero temperatures. This could make the development of all but hardiest, simplest creatures a long ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Japanese entrepreneurs aim for Silicon Valley

For an emerging generation of Japanese innovators, the dream isn't a job for life at a big company. They have new ambitions, and they're determined to go places. Especially Silicon Valley.

Technology / Business

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

2012 BX34: Behind the scenes in the discovery of a near Earth asteroid

Several blockbuster movies, television shows and commercials have depicted the discovery of an asteroid heading towards Earth and usually, somehow, impending doom is averted. But how do the discoveries of ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Men more likely to have an accurate memory of unpleasant experiences

A woman's memory of an experience is less likely to be accurate than a man's if it was unpleasant and emotionally provocative, according to research undertaken by University of Montreal researchers at Louis-H Lafontaine Hospital. ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Oxford, Harvard scientists lead data-sharing effort: New standards allow disparate data sets to integrate

Led by researchers at University of Oxford and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) at Harvard University, more than 50 collaborators at over 30 scientific organizations around the globe have agreed on a common standard ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Canada basks in role as global special effects hub

Canada's westernmost province of British Columbia, one of the top regions for filmmaking outside of Hollywood, is rapidly gaining prominence as a world leader in animation and special effects.

Technology / Other

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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