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Altered brain activity in schizophrenia may cause exaggerated focus on self

Altered brain activity in schizophrenia may cause exaggerated focus on self

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Schizophrenia may blur the boundary between internal and external realities by over-activating a brain system that is involved in self-reflection, and thus causing an exaggerated focus on ...





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Earthshine reflects Earth's oceans and continents from the dark side of the moon

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Researchers from the University of Melbourne and Princeton University have shown for the first time that the difference in reflection of light from the Earth's land masses and oceans can be seen on the dark side of the moon, ...


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Pigs learn to understand mirrors

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of domesticated pigs has found that with just a little experimentation they can find food based only on a reflection in a mirror.


Moth eyes may hold key to more efficient solar cells

Moth eyes may hold key to more efficient solar cells

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 22, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (114) | comments 4

One of the difficulties with solar power is that solar cells are notoriously inefficient. Some of that inefficiency, says Peng Jiang, is due to the fact that silicon is reflective. Jiang, an assistant professor ...


SRNL to study applicability of solar cell coatings

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A project under way at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory will study how special coatings that mimic structures found in nature can increase the usefulness of solar energy as a vital part of ...


Can a single molecule behave as a mirror?

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (59) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- “We have shown for the first time, theoretically, that a single molecule can behave as a perfect mirror,” Mario Agio tells PhysOrg.com. “Imagine that your mirror at home becomes a single molecule and that y ...


Computer Games Can Make Kids More Social, Not Less

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 25, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Contrary to common education wisdom, computer games and other technologies can foster community-building, a strong sense of identity and higher-level planning even in very young students, UC Davis researchers report.


Vampires and Zombies: No mere pop culture trend

Vampires and Zombies: No mere pop culture trend

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vampires and zombies, both of which became a popular phenomenon in Victorian Britain, are all the rage. Temple English Professor Peter Logan believes this is no mere pop culture trend, but ...


Toward making smart phone touch-screens more glare and smudge resistant

Toward making smart phone touch-screens more glare and smudge resistant

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists have discovered the secret to easing one of the great frustrations of the millions who use smart phones, portable media players and other devices with touch- screens: Reducing their tendency to ...


Sunbathing tree frogs' future under a cloud

Biology /

created Nov 19, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Animal conservationists in Manchester are turning to physics to investigate whether global warming is responsible for killing sun-loving South American tree frogs.


Rainforest expedition will shine light on frog deaths

Rainforest expedition will shine light on frog deaths

Biology /

created Aug 18, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A physicist and a conservationist from The University of Manchester are heading for the rain forests of Costa Rica – in a bid to understand more about a deadly fungus that is killing amphibians ...



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