On Sun Safety, Pool Staff May Take Cue From Others
Peer pressure affects use of sunscreen, coverups, study finds TUESDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Outdoor pool staff are more likely to follow sun safety measures if their peers do the same, suggests a study by researchers at Emory University in Atlanta. Lifeguards and aquatic ins...Perception of depth in movement by cue
A Team of researchers at the University of NSW in Sydney have identified a cue to detect depth in motion. This is a 3D motion cue which is dynamic //half-occlusion. This is helpful in achieving a perception of depth while in motion. It appears as a free access on Association for Researc...Lung Cancer: Nutritional Intervention Comes To The Rescue
High doses of omega-3 fatty acids can reverse potentially fatal cancers, according to a new case study published in the current issue of the journal Nutrition and Cancer//. A researcher at the University of Nevada has shown that omega-3 fatty acids, which are often found in fish oil or golden alg...E-Cigarettes Pose a Health Hazard, FDA Warns
...Academy of Pediatrics' tobacco consortium, said during the news conference. "It's marketed as a cigarette, and thus has the potential to normalize and cue smoking behavior." Winickoff noted that cartridges for e-cigarettes are available in flavors, including chocolate, mint and bubblegum. "Past exper...Lingraphica introduces the SmallTalk mobile accessory for aphasia
... The SmallTalk is ideal for use in everyday situations such as restaurants, doctor's appointments, phone conversations, or emergencies. Users can also cue themselves to speak by putting on earphones and playing phrases so that only they can hear them. The result of a yearlong intensive design project...Optical illusions: Variety makes us perceive smaller quantities
...ified whole." The authors found that focusing on the larger whole makes a set appear to occupy more space. "Since people rely on spatial area as a cue for quantity, a set appears to have more items when they are all identical." After demonstrating this perceptual effect in two studies with geometric ...U-M researcher's idea jells into potential new disease-detection method
...," she said. The researchers wanted to design a material made up of molecules that would organize themselves into a gel when prompted by particular cue ---in this case, the presence of nitric oxide and oxygen. Other research groups have achieved similar feats with materials whose solubility changes wh...Taking a cue from breath fresheners, researcher develops new method for taste testing
Using the same concept behind commercial breath-freshening strips, a Temple University researcher has developed a new, easier method for clinical taste testing. Greg Smutzer, director of the Laboratory of Gustatory Psychophysics in the Biology Department of Temple's College of Science and Tech...Slicing chromosomes leads to new insights into cell division
...e direction the chromosome moved," Hunt said. "Not only did we observe a relationship, we established that polar ejection forces were in fact a direct cue that guided chromosomal movements in mitosis." To achieve this, Hunt performed "nanoscale surgery," as he calls it, taking advantage of the unprece...Boston University biomedical engineers teach bacteria to count
...unt could become powerful devices in the synthetic biology toolkit because they can be coupled to almost any other bacterial function or environmental cue that bacteria can sense, such as presence of a toxin or sunlight. In the future, bacteria might be set to self-destruct after a certain number of cell...Sugar on bacteria surface serves as base for a web of resistance
...s of events, the biofilm initiates a process to create another microcolony of cells. "At some point, there is either a nutritional or physiological cue that says, 'this is no longer advantageous and we need to start this process over again'," said Wozniak, also an investigator in CMIB. As part of t...Mollusks taste memories to build shells
... about their shell pattern. They are buried in the mud of the seafloor where their patterns are hidden even from potential mates. "The pigment is a cue to get the mantle in register so it builds the right shaped shell, and is only an epiphenomenon reflecting neural activity," Oster said. "It is incide...Study finds life-saving trend among seagulls
...r behaviour to assure their survival. Contrary to previous beliefs, this study suggests that animals don't necessarily act independently and that they cue on reactions from other members of their group. "This is the first study to report how gulls copy the vigilance and awareness of other gulls during...Caltech researchers get first look at how groups of cells coordinate their movements
... that guided it," says Fraser. "Then we could use the power of genetics to break one of the cues and analyze what was different, to determine how that cue was involved in the process. Being able to visualize groups of cells lets us do this in a more complex and powerful way. Before, you could say, 'It's ...Polarized light guides cholera-carrying midges that contaminate water supplies
...ted, regardless of the intensity. So why are midges so strongly attracted to polarized reflections? According to Lerner, polarization is a reliable cue at sunset. This is particularly important for short-lived female midges that only have a matter of hours to find water and lay their eggs when the lig...Study sheds new light on dolphin coordination during predation
...o listen to the dolphins during their feeding forays. Dolphins are often vocal and their use of frequency-modulated whistles was thought by many to cue their coordinated behavior. But the researchers found they didn't use those whistles at all while hunting prey just during non-foraging times or when...Moths with a nose for learning
... the sucrose just after the offset signal (long after the onset), the insect wouldnt learn to expect it. Learning, or the capacity to associate the cue and its reinforcement, occurs when reward was presented a few seconds after the onset of neural activity. Since most Kenyon cells have finished produc...Green economic plan takes cue from Indiana
Green Bay, Wis - Mark Green's economic development plan calls for many changes, but perhaps its most sweeping proposal would eliminate the state Department of Commerce and replace it with an economic development corporation. Amid a series of ideas that include revenue caps, employer incent...New adhesive mimics gecko toe hairs
...rfaces and ceilings. The researchers say that such an adhesive could one day be used to outfit a small robot that could climb up walls. Taking a cue from the millions of hairs covering a gecko's toes, researchers squeezed 42 million hard plastic microfibers onto each square centimeter of material a...Ten signs tell you to look for a new tech job
...other people's guts won't be. They'll avoid you. While it doesn't mean they've actually heard anything, the wires are humming nonetheless. Pick up the cue and get your job hunt going. If all these signs are present, what do you do? Give notice? Not in my book. Ask your boss what's up in hopes that she...Education conference focusing on importance of integrating technology
...ue is: now that we can do it, how can we do it well, so that it has an impact," Horton added. He suggested that distance learning developers take a cue from the entertainment industry - particularly when dealing with the generation that did not grow up in the digital age. The television show "Law ...WiSys to distribute $1 million in research funds
...s spearheading the effort to stimulate innovation and generate prestige for UW System scientists and their respective universities, in effect taking a cue from its parent organization. WARF has obtained more than 1,500 patents on inventions of UW-Madison professors, and derives revenue from nearly 1,400 ...Biotech talent drew venture-funded firm to Madison
...tor of Madison operations for the California-based Invitrogen Corp. , who will serve as president and COO of Caden Biosciences. Formerly known as cue Biotech, Caden Biosciences has four employees and is advertising for bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D-level scientists to fill openings at its future ho...Venture Investors' early-stage fund grows to $115 million
...eed and early-stage companies that are formed to commercialize discoveries in life sciences, engineering, and information technology sectors. Taking a cue from federal agencies, the company also has committed funds to companies that are formed from interdisciplinary interaction between researchers in the...