News tagged with orientation memory

Even fruit flies have an orientation memory: Recall tested in a virtual space

Jul 10, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

In order to cope with their environment, animals must be able to remember the location of their destination in situations in which they temporarily lose sight of it. This ability, known as orientation memory, is found in ...

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First Pump-Probe Experiment at LCLS Completed

First Pump-Probe Experiment at Linac Coherent Light Source Completed

Physics / General Physics

19 hours ago | 4.9 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first experiment using the Linac Coherent Light Source to illuminate molecules via a "pump-probe" technique has been completed by an international team of more than 30 scientists from ...

Stroke and heart disease trigger revealed in new research

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Scientists have identified the trigger that leads to the arteries becoming damaged in the disease atherosclerosis, which causes heart attacks and strokes, in research published today in the journal Circulation. The author ...

Deciding to have a baby is an easier step for public sector workers

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

22 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

Working for the public sector is good for fertility, according to new Economic and Social Research Council funded research at the University of Oxford. The study, which examined patterns of employment and childbearing decisions ...

A reductionist approach to HIV research

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Nov 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A major obstacle to HIV research is the virus's exquisite specialisation for its human host - meaning that scientists' traditional tools, like the humble lab mouse, can deliver only limited information. Now, a team of researchers ...

Study shows new brain connections form rapidly during motor learning

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 29, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature. Led by researchers at the University of Cal ...

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 ...

Multiferroic compounds used to produce smaller and cheaper digital memories

Physics / Condensed Matter

Nov 27, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 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 ...

Space shuttle Atlantis, 7 astronauts back on Earth

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey of nearly 4.5 million miles with a 9:44 a.m. EST landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

A costly diagnosis: Alzheimer's disease takes toll on memories, and money too

Medicine & Health / Health

Nov 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Alzheimer's disease takes a devastating emotional toll on families but it also is one of the most expensive conditions to treat because of its progressive nature, requiring increasing assistance with eating, bathing and other ...