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Bright-Sized: Skull Study Shows Eye-Sockets Have Grown Larger at Higher Latitudes
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People who live farther from the equator have larger eye sockets than their tropical counterparts, a new study finds. And as people inhabited higher and higher latitudes , eye socket size grew along with the northerly or southerly extent of their migrations. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Evolution,Evolution Source Type: research
Today's mystery bird for you to identify | @GrrlScientistEmail this article to a colleague.
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Parents with chick? Subspecies? One species or two? Or ... ?Mystery Birds photographed at Lake Washington, Seattle, Washington (USA). [I will identify these birds for you in 48 hours]Image: Doug Schurman, 22 January 2012 (with permission) [velociraptorize].Canon 7D with the Canon 400mm f5.6 lens Question: These common North American mystery birds are strikingly different in size despite having the same colours and patterns. Why? Are these parent birds with one of their chicks? Are they different subspecies or are they two different species? Can you identify the taxonomic family and species for these birds?The Rules:1. Keep...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Science guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Pigeon deterrents: a question of chemistryEmail this article to a colleague.
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If you want your statues clean (and your pigeons healthy), you just need to make them of bronze laced with arsenicAs the heavens inevitably cover every mountain peak with snow, so do pigeons unstoppably deposit a protective white layer atop every outdoor statue – or so people believed. Yukio Hirose shocked and delighted the world by disproving one of these two supposedly eternal truths. He used arsenic to do it.Chemistry provides a way to communicate certain messages to birds. Yukio Hirose figured this out after he noticed that something, some mysterious who-knows-what, had consistently attracted the attention of one par...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Marc Abrahams Tags: Research Animal behaviour Chemistry Higher education Science The Guardian Features Source Type: news
Playing RFID tag with sheets of paperEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers in France have developed a way to deposit a thin aluminum RFID tag onto paper that not only reduces the amount of metal needed for the tag, and so the cost, but could open up RFID tagging to many more systems, even allowing a single printed sheet or flyer to be tagged. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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How To Overhaul the Way Buildings Use EnergyEmail this article to a colleague.
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PHILADELPHIA -- When the Allies needed a weapon terrible enough to end World War II, scientists devised the atomic bomb. When the Soviet Union hurled Sputnik into space, American scientists rallied to build the world's top space program. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Energy & Sustainability,Everyday Science,Climate,Energy Sustainability,Society Policy,More Science Source Type: research
Lake Vostok is (Almost) Breached After 20 Million YearsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Satellite composite showing location of Vostok within the Antarctic continent (NASA) Two and a half miles beneath the ice of Antarctica’s central Eastern ice sheet is a body of water 160 miles by 30 miles across known as Lake Vostok , after the Vostok research station above it, built by the former Soviet Union in 1957 and now operated by Russia. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Evolution,More Science,Space,Technology Source Type: research
East views the world differently to WestEmail this article to a colleague.
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Cultural differences between the West and East are well documented, but a study shows that concrete differences also exist in how British and Chinese people recognize people and the world around them. Easterners really do look at the world differently to Westerners, according to new research. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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Low levels of lipid antibodies increase complications following heart attackEmail this article to a colleague.
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Coronary patients with low levels of an immune system antibody called anti-PC, which neutralizes parts of the "bad" cholesterol, run a greater risk of suffering complications following an acute cardiac episode and thus of premature death. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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Am J Geriatr Psychiatry; +17 new citationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Thinking About Mortality Changes How We ActEmail this article to a colleague.
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The thought of shuffling off our mortal coil can make all of us a little squeamish. But avoiding the idea of death entirely means ignoring the role it can play in determining our actions. Consider the following scenario: [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Mind & Brain,More Science,Thought Cognition,Language Linguistics,Psychology,Society Policy,Language Source Type: research
Am J Trop Med Hyg; +67 new citationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - February 6, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Report Source Type: research
Children hospitalized at alarming rate due to abuseEmail this article to a colleague.
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In one year alone, over 4,500 children in the United States were hospitalized due to child abuse, and 300 of them died of their injuries, researchers report in a new study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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Engineers weld nanowires with lightEmail this article to a colleague.
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At the nano level, researchers have discovered a new way to weld together meshes of tiny wires. Their work could lead to exciting new electronics and solar applications. To succeed, they called upon plasmonics. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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Combined approach to global health has benefitsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new analysis demonstrates that confronting several diseases at once is a viable way to make the most of thinly stretched donor dollars and national health care budgets, and help save more lives. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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Did your surgeons miss something? New system to prevent retained surgical itemsEmail this article to a colleague.
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It may sound like something from a TV medical drama, but the incidence of surgeons leaving something behind in the body is very real at hospitals across the country. But researchers have now created a new system using state-of-the-art technologies to insure that no foreign objects are left behind during surgery. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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Positive parenting during early childhood may prevent obesityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Programs that support parents during their child’s early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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Climate Change and Indigenous RightsEmail this article to a colleague.
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AAAS Coalition Explores Perspectives of Indigenous Communities on Climate Change
As climate change disrupts environments, it threatens the traditional lifestyle of indigenous peoples. That raises a range of science and human rights issues, speakers said at AAAS. (Source: AAAS)
Source: AAAS - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Science News Source Type: research
New genetic discovery could boost treatment for stroke patientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists have identified a genetic mutation in one of the 23,000 human genes that can double the risk of a stroke, which kills more than six million people worldwide each year and is the second top cause of death in developed countries. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Prediction of Ligand Binding Affinity Using a Multiple-Conformations-Multiple-Protonation Scheme: Application to Estrogen Receptor α.Email this article to a colleague.
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In this study, we have constructed a prediction scheme with target-specific scores for estimating ligand-binding affinities to human estrogen receptor α (ERα), considering the major conformational change between agonist- and antagonist-bound forms and the change in protonation states of histidine at the ligand-binding site. The generated scheme calibrated with fewer training compounds (23 for the agonist-bound form, 17 for the antagonist-bound form) demonstrated good predictive power (a predictive r(2) of 0.83 for 154 validation compounds); this was also true for compounds with frameworks that were quite different from t...
Source: Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin - February 6, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Mizutani MY, Takamatsu Y, Ichinose T, Itai A Tags: Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) Source Type: research
Science Weekly podcast: Transplants and the future of intensive careEmail this article to a colleague.
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This week, we're focusing on some pivotal stories from the history of science and medicine. First up are human-to-human transplants and intensive care medicine. These are among the greatest successes of post-war medicine, but they also raise some of the most profound ethical questions. Ahead of a discussion at the Royal Institution in London, Kevin Fong, an anaesthetist and physiology lecturer at University College London, and medical historian Richard Barnett came into the studio to discuss how these important medical interventions started and, crucially, where they are heading. The debates will be held at the Royal Insti...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha, Iain Chambers, Kevin Fong, Robin McKie Tags: Medical research Anthropology Science Health Society Bird flu Ethics guardian.co.uk Editorial Source Type: news
Eyeing Greener Acres, New Farmers Reap Growing U.S. AidEmail this article to a colleague.
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By Carey Gillam HALLSVILLE, Missouri (Reuters) - Dan Pugh wishes he had a bigger tractor and his wife Laura worries about their chickens in the winter weather. But as new farmers putting down roots in rural Missouri, the Pughs are counting on more rewards than regrets in trading their city lives for the country. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Energy & Sustainability,Society Policy,Green Living,More Science,Environment,Everyday Science Source Type: research
Swept From Africa to the Amazon (preview)Email this article to a colleague.
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The Bodele depression at the southern edge of the Sahara is a fearsome, forsaken place. Winds howl through the nearby Tebesti Mountains and Ennedi Plateau, picking up speed as they funnel into a parched wasteland nearly the size of California. Once there was a massive freshwater lake here. Now the lake is a shrunken puddle of its former self. Across most of the landscape, there is nothing. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Energy & Sustainability,Environment,Physics,Climate,More Science,Science Education,Archaeology Paleontology,Everyday Science Source Type: research
Spectacular Plumes of Dust Reach Across the WorldEmail this article to a colleague.
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We don't hear too much about natural dust, the kind that the winds loft from deserts and dry lakebeds into the air and carries for hundreds of kilometers, crossing oceans and continents, but we should. Plumes of dust connect the atmosphere, the oceans and the forests, and affect the most fundamental processes of life on our planet. Scientists believe that dust has profound and somewhat mysterious influences on atmospheric chemistry, solar heat exchange and nutrient supply to the oceans and rain forests. What those influences are, exactly, is the subject of much study and is still somewhat mysterious--the story of dust ...
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Energy & Sustainability,Society Policy,More Science,Environment,Everyday Science Source Type: research
Magic mushrooms, international law and the failed 'war on drugs'Email this article to a colleague.
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Recent research suggesting potential therapeutic benefits of psilocybin focus attention on the need to reform drug lawsIt's been a busy fortnight. First the publication of two major peer-reviewed research papers about magic mushrooms that attracted worldwide publicity. Then off to Prague for an international drugs policy symposium. And just last week, news of a large grant for our next collaborative study with Imperial College. But I'm getting ahead of myself.I established the Beckley Foundation some 14 years ago as a think tank on drugs policy. It was apparent even then that the "war on drugs" had failed. A 1997 report by...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Amanda Feilding Tags: Drugs Neuroscience Mental health Society Drugs policy Politics Drugs trade guardian.co.uk Comment Source Type: news
Kolavari Di: how India's 'Tamglish soup song' went viral | Priya VirmaniEmail this article to a colleague.
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A nonsensical Indian song about love and loss became an internet sensation overnight. What lies behind its success?A senseless Tamglish "soup song" sung by a "soup boy" instantly makes it to the echelons of global fame. Is this where the 21st-century psyche has led us?I hear you ask: Tamglish? Soup song? Soup boy? If you happen to be among those not quite abreast of the latest internet trends, Tamglish is a conflation of the south-Indian language Tamil and English. For those who are up to speed, it is synonymous with Kolavari Di – a song of rejection hummed by an inebriated jilted lover. A soup song sung by a soup boy. T...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Priya Virmani Tags: India YouTube Social media Technology Internet Language World news guardian.co.uk Comment Comment is free Source Type: news
Let the country, not the City, drive the UK economy | Colin TudgeEmail this article to a colleague.
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In one Oxfordshire village, an idea is gathering traction: that it's time for a new agricultural revolutionOxford city council has decided that we need more houses and jobs – not least in my own village of Wolvercote, to the north-west of the city. Under the coalition's neighbourhood development order (part of the localism bill) we, the yokels, the ordinary Joes, have some say in what should be done.So now we plot and ponder in the village hall – and we are witnessing what I hope will prove to be a seismic shift in public mood, in the economy, and in the balance of power. For more and more people are beginning to feel ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Colin Tudge Tags: Farming Environment Agriculture Economic policy Economic growth (GDP) Economics Business Rural affairs Science Politics UK news guardian.co.uk Comment Comment is free Source Type: news
Hunter's Moons: Astronomers Use Kepler Spacecraft to Search for ExomoonsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Astronomers have discovered a trove of exoplanets --more than 700 worlds in orbit around distant stars, with leads on thousands of additional suspects. So now, naturally, they're beginning to ask: What moons might be in orbit about these planets? [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Space,Physics,Space Exploration,Astrophysics,Extraterrestrial Life,Biology Source Type: research
Works on the European Extremely Large Telescope BeginEmail this article to a colleague.
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At least three giant-telescope projects are now under way, and the biggest of them, the European Extremely Large Telescope, is finally breaking ground in Chile (Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories)
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cracks in the Plaques: Mysteries of Alzheimer's Slowly Yielding to New ResearchEmail this article to a colleague.
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This has been a big week in Alzheimer's news as scientists put together a clearer picture than ever before of how the disease affects the brain. Three recently published studies have detected the disease with new technologies, hinted at its prevalence, and described at last how it makes its lethal progress through the brain. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Mind & Brain,Neuroscience,Medical Technology,Neurological Disorders Source Type: research
Bill Gates backs climate scientists lobbying for large-scale geoengineeringEmail this article to a colleague.
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Other wealthy individuals have also funded a series of reports into the future use of technologies to geoengineer the climate• What is geo-engineering?• Scientists criticise handling of geoengineering pilot projectA small group of leading climate scientists, financially supported by billionaires including Bill Gates, are lobbying governments and international bodies to back experiments into manipulating the climate on a global scale to avoid catastrophic climate change.The scientists, who advocate geoengineering methods such as spraying millions of tonnes of reflective particles of sulphur dioxide 30 miles above earth...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: John Vidal Tags: Geoengineering Climate change Environment Science Bill Gates Technology World news The Guardian Source Type: news
Flame Dances Aboard Space StationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Starting a fire on the International Space Station might not sound like such a good idea. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Space,More Science,Space,Physics Source Type: research
17 and sudoku clues [video] | GrrlScientistEmail this article to a colleague.
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17 is the minimum number of clues required to give a unique sudoku solution – but how did mathematicians prove this?For those who aren't familiar with it, sudoku is a popular logic-based puzzle where numbers are placed into a 9×9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids contain just one of the digits between 1 and 9. Sudoku has been around for a long time but was popularised by the Japanese under its current name, which comes from the Japanese for single number. Sudoku puzzles are published in thousands of daily newspapers around the world as partially completed grids, each of which is des...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Mathematics Science guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Ethical Questions Surround `Electrical Thinking Cap' that Improves Mental FunctionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Child using transcranial direct current stimulation What if a drug could improve learning and cognition and had no untoward medical consequences? Wouldn t it be justified to make it widely available? A group of scientists concluded three years ago that it would be. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Mind & Brain Source Type: research
Memory And Silence - A Complex RelationshipEmail this article to a colleague.
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People who suffer a traumatic experience often don't talk about it, and many forget it over time. But not talking about something doesn't always mean you'll forget it; if you try to force yourself not to think about white bears, soon you'll be imagining polar bears doing the polka. A group of psychological scientists explore the relationship between silence and memories in a new paper published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psychedelic drugs: more a case of 'turn off, tune in, drop out' | Johnjoe McFaddenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Magic mushrooms work by shutting down parts of the brain, not expanding the mind, according to new researchSix thousand years ago palaeolithic hunters painted images on the walls of the Selva Pascuala caves in Spain that look remarkably similar to locally abundant Psilocybe hispanica, one of the many "magic mushrooms" that contains the hallucinogen psilocybin. The same or similar mushrooms have been used throughout the ages to induce states of religious ecstasy, spiritual enlightenment, mystical meanderings or simply to have a great time. But how do they work? Timothy Leary, who famously told a generation of Americans to "...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Johnjoe McFadden Tags: Drugs Health Fungi Society Psychedelia Science Mental health Autism Psychology guardian.co.uk Comment Comment is free Source Type: news
Birth-control fight unlikely to hurt Obama, his strategists sayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Democratic strategists think that most U.S. Catholic women believe birth control should be available and that people who oppose Obama because of a new rule for employers would not vote for him anyway.Even as angry Catholic leaders vow to fight a new federal requirement that most employers include contraceptives in their health insurance coverage, the Obama administration believes any political damage will be limited because it's on the side of women's rights. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
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At a planned train trench, an archaeological treasure troveEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Spanish silver coin dating from 1816 is among the artifacts a 30-member team of archaeologists has unearthed next to railroad tracks in front of the San Gabriel Mission.Archaeologist Deanna Jones couldn't believe her eyes as she hunched over a shallow pit dug next to railroad tracks in front of the San Gabriel Mission. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
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National Professional Science Master's Association Presents...Email this article to a colleague.
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“Preparing Graduates for Challenging and Rewarding Careers in the Biotechnology Industry”(PRWeb February 03, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9159630.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
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invivodata Co-Founder Dr. Saul Shiffman Recognized by Carnegie Science...Email this article to a colleague.
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Shiffman Recognized for Groundbreaking Research in Patient Data Collection(PRWeb February 03, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9161843.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
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Neuronal transplants for treatment of obesityEmail this article to a colleague.
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There are many different factors which go into whether animals (or humans) develop obesity and diabetes. Different sensitivity to different chemicals, in different areas of the body and brain, can cause major differences in feeding behavior, body weight, fat, and insulin sensitivity. And now we’ve learned that changes in one circuit of the hypothalamus could make a big difference in a certain kind of obesity in mice. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Mind & Brain Source Type: research
More Americans Seeking Love Online: StudyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dating websites offer romance, but 'science' behind claims is called sketchy (Source: Fertility News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Fertility News - Doctors Lounge - February 6, 2012 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Reproductive Medicine, News, Source Type: news
Women born to older mothers have a higher risk of developing breast cancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) A new study analyses the influence that certain birth and infancy characteristics have on mammographic density -- an important indicator of breast cancer risk. The results reveal that women born to mothers aged over 39 years and women who were taller and thinner than the average girl prior to puberty have a higher breast density. This brings with it an increased risk of developing breast cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Cognitive problems common among non-demented elderlyEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Karolinska Institutet) Both subjective and objective cognitive impairment are highly common among non-demented elderly Swedes, with an overall prevalence of 39 percent and 25 percent respectively, according to a nationwide twin study by researchers at the Aging Research Center of Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. The study confirms higher education as a major protective factor and stresses the importance of environmental aspects over genes in mild cognitive disorders in old age. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
The best medicine for productivityEmail this article to a colleague.
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(University of Haifa) A worker experiencing the stress of intense workdays might develop somatic symptoms, such as stomachache or headache, which will eventually lead to taking leave of absence. But when the individual's supervisor offers emotional and instrumental support, the employee is more likely to recover without needing to take that extra afternoon or day off. This has been shown in a new study from the University of Haifa. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
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East views the world differently to WestEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Economic & Social Research Council) Cultural differences between the West and East are well documented, but a study shows that concrete differences also exist in how British and Chinese people recognize people and the world around them. Easterners really do look at the world differently to Westerners, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Established journal Evolutionary Applications to publish under open-access modelEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Wiley-Blackwell) Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons Inc., today announced that Evolutionary Applications has joined the Wiley Open Access publishing program. All newly published articles in the journal will be open access and free to view, download and share for non-commercial use. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Playing RFID tag with sheets of paperEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Inderscience Publishers) Researchers in France have developed a way to deposit a thin aluminum RFID tag onto paper that not only reduces the amount of metal needed for the tag, and so the cost, but could open up RFID tagging to many more systems, even allowing a single printed sheet or flyer to be tagged. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
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Independent record companies are committed to innovationEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Carlos III University of Madrid) A study carried out by researchers at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid analyzes, for the first time, the independent label sector in Spain. It describes both the wide range of activities and strategies that these firms use, and their presence in new networks and digital services. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Time = money = less happiness, study from Rotman School of Management findsEmail this article to a colleague.
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(University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management) What does "free time" mean to you? When you're not at work, do you pass the time -- or spend it? The difference may impact how happy you are. A new study shows people who put a price on their time are more likely to feel impatient when they're not using it to earn money. And that hurts their ability to derive happiness during leisure activities. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
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(University of Georgia) The gap in wages between men and women has decreased sharply over the past 30 years, and a new University of Georgia study reveals that decline was even greater than previously recognized. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
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