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Do fruit flies have free will?

...o many other animals and could form the biological foundation for what we experience as free will". Our subjective notion of "Free Will" is an oxymoron: the term 'will' would not apply if our actions were completely random and it would not be 'free' if they were entirely determined. So if there is free will,...

New study examines 'brain's own marijuana'

...proaches. They believe this study also may lay the foundation for better pharmacotherapy for stress-related mood disorders. Wood is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry in UB’s College of Arts and Sciences....

The longest carbon nanotubes you've ever seen

...n oxidized-silicon wafer base--which served as the foundation for growth. "This process is revolutionary because it allows us to keep the catalyst 'alive' for a long period of time thus, providing fast and continuous transport of the carbon 'building blocks' to the carbon nanotube growth zone," said Shanov. ...

Premature births may be linked to seasonal levels of pesticides and nitrates in surface water

...tus," he said. "I believe this work may lay the foundation for some of the most important basic and clinical research, and public health initiatives of our time. To recognize that what we put into our environment has potential pandemic effects on pregnancy outcome and possibly on child development is a momen...

New knowledge improves rice quality

... "IRRI is very fortunate to have a strong foundation of previous rice quality research to build on," Dr. Fitzgerald said. "We needed that to ensure we made the right decisions as we move into a whole new era of rice quality research." For many years, rice breeders have focused on developing varietie...

Gene therapy study shows safety and statistically significant improvement in Parkinson's disease

...s year. Moreover, the results also provide a solid foundation for the development of our other therapeutic programs, including epilepsy where we plan to initiate a Phase 1 gene therapy study this year.” Study Design The study included 12 patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease, with four patients in ...

Exploring the dark matter of the genome

...n sequence of Drosophila will provide an essential foundation for identifying the proteins and components involved in epigenetic inheritance, as well as other mysteries surrounding the genome's "dark matter." "Sequence finishing and mapping of Drosophila melanogaster heterochromatin," by Roger A. Hoskins,...

New study reports hotel guests at risk from carbon monoxide poisoning

...ing prevention, although the AH&LA educational foundation contracted with Schirmer Engineering (Deerfield, Illinois) to study CO risk in that industry. The AH&LA study made no specific recommendations regarding prevention of CO poisoning to guests, and concluded, ‘AH&LA will continue to monitor indu...

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