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Snakes' virtual glasses, leopard spots and all-optical transistors

...infrared imaging - which you might want to keep in mind if you ever book a flight on a snake-infested airline. A Model of Changing Leopard Spots R. T. Liu, S. S. Liaw, and P. K. Maini Physical Review E http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v74/e011914 Leopard's spots and Zebra's stripes inspired the a...

Lost in thought: Brain research

..." in an experience? Many theoretical models of the mind reject this notion, proposing that awareness is dependent on the mediation of areas involved in self representation ?a vigilant, self-aware "observer" network ?in the human brain. Prof. Rafael Malach, Ilan Golberg and Michal Harel of the Weizmann ...

Two NIH initiatives launch intensive efforts to find roots of common diseases

... this research exemplifies the aim Congress had in mind when it established the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health to support the mission of NIH," said John E. Porter, Vice Chairman of the foundation's Board of Directors. "Through the financial support of the private sector, NIH will now be ...

World shark attacks dipped in 2005, part of long-term trend

...ff the Oregon coast on Dec. 24 had the presence of mind to drive it away with a well-timed punch to the nose, he said. "That gentleman did precisely what he should do under those circumstances," Burgess said. "A person who is under attack should act aggressively toward the shark and not follow the advice...

Flu not the only germ threat this time of year

...y. And those are just the respiratory germs ?never mind Strep in the throat and ears, or Norwalk viral agents that attack the GI system, and so on. While the world's attention has migrated to bird flu, not a single person in the western hemisphere has contracted the deadly form of the disease. And though...

Weizmann Institute suggests that immune cells help to maintain cognition and brain cell renewal

...ings," she says, "give a new meaning to 'a healthy mind in a healthy body'. They show that we rely on our immune system to maintain brain functionality, and so they open up exciting new prospects for the treatment of cognitive loss." Knowledge that the immune system contributes to nerve cell renewal has p...

You will remember this

...g to do with trying to get into the right frame of mind to make a decision about a word's meaning. Staying alert between the cue and the word also appears to help. We are currently trying to find out more about this kind of brain activity and how it helps long-term memory." ...

UK sperm donor crisis

... onwards. From 1999, the numbers who changed their mind during the application and testing process rose. The acceptability rate of donors (donor release rate) also declined over the study period because of the introduction of stringent criteria aimed at improving standards of recruitment. Lead author Dr ...

Finding the mind's eye

...visual stimuli regardless of whether the conscious mind "sees" them or not. However, Tse and his team found that, "neural activity in areas beyond visual area 2 appear to correlate with perception." They also found that the areas of the brain related to visual perception appear to reside exclusively in t...

Noise And Delays Explain Why Some Genes Oscillate In Activity

...tion, the muscles can't regenerate as quickly, the mind can't learn new words, and the eyes can't focus on the road. You also gain things: a bad mood and increased risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems. Indeed, the effects of sleep deprivation can be so serious that some sleep scienti...

Clocking in Pillow Time without the Pillow

...tion, the muscles can't regenerate as quickly, the mind can't learn new words, and the eyes can't focus on the road. You also gain things: a bad mood and increased risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems. Indeed, the effects of sleep deprivation can be so serious that some sleep scienti...

Dangerous tricksters: Some bacterie use immune cells to reproduce

...It is quite possible that rhodococci do not really mind this,' Professor Haas says, 'since they can then grab a passing macrophage and colonise fresh material.' The next aim of the Bonn researchers is to investigate which bacterial features are important for preventing the merger of phagosomes and lysoso...

Health benefits of a Christmas brandy

...ood quality brandy over Christmas you can put your mind at rest that this amber liquid isn't too bad for you at all. In moderation, of course." Red wine is famously known as an effective antioxidant so it stands to reason that brandy, technically a grape-based spirit, could offer similar benefits, Dr Tro...

Researchers develop new method for studying 'mental time travel'

...y -- suggesting that participants were bringing to mind the general properties of the images in order to cue for specific details. "What we have learned over the years is that what you get out of memory depends on how you cue memory. If you have the perfect cue, you can remember things that you had no i...

Dalai Lama, top scientists to discuss science & clinical applications of meditation

...o-sponsored the first public conference on how the mind works, involving Buddhist leaders, including the D...e field of research about affects of meditation on mind and body. Dozens of books have been published as a result of these conferences. The Institute has be...

Researchers find Amchitka seafood safe for now

...ince the public deserves to have the same peace of mind that we have about what we found." Study Distinctiveness * Voluminous (300 pages of direct report and more than 1000 pages of appendices), many of which will now go directly into the academic literature. * Required recruitment and coordinat...

AACR Favors 'full spectrum of stem cell research biology'

...advancements that the first question on everyone's mind was, 'why wasn't this huge medical breakthrough made by Americans?' "Sadly," he continued, "American stem cell biology suffers from a small and unsteady flow of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty. No scientific discipl...

Agilent Technologies introduces advanced zebrafish, mouse microarrays for stem cell and developmental biology research

.... "Most people are safe at the beach. To put your mind at ease, go to a beach that has lifeguards. They should be looking for possible sharks. "Shark attacks are like airplane crashes," he notes. "The vast majority of airplane trips are safe, but when a crash occurs, it gets big headlines. If you use so...

New HIV drug candidate developed in Sweden

.... "Most people are safe at the beach. To put your mind at ease, go to a beach that has lifeguards. They should be looking for possible sharks. "Shark attacks are like airplane crashes," he notes. "The vast majority of airplane trips are safe, but when a crash occurs, it gets big headlines. If you use so...

Shark attack worries? Driving to the beach is more deadly

.... "Most people are safe at the beach. To put your mind at ease, go to a beach that has lifeguards. They should be looking for possible sharks. "Shark attacks are like airplane crashes," he notes. "The vast majority of airplane trips are safe, but when a crash occurs, it gets big headlines. If you use so...

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