Zebra finches remember songs dad sang
Researchers at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, believe they have located a place in the brain where songbirds store the memories of their parents' songs. The discovery has implications for humans, because humans and songbirds are among the few animals that learn to vocalize by imitating their caregivers. In a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...Confidence in memory performance helps older adults remember
Believing that you can retain a good memory even in your twilight years is the first step to achieving that goal. Those who believe they can control their memory are more likely to employ mnemonic strategies that help keep memory fit despite the march of time. These are the conclusions of a new Brandeis study published in the Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. The study demon...Scientists find a key to immune system's ability to remember
The human immune system is a peerless memory bank. Its ability to accurately catalog and recall long past encounters with viruses, bacteria and other pathogens is why we only get the measles or chicken pox once, and is why exposure to deactivated virus particles in vaccines confers protection from disease. But how that memory system works -- how it acts at the finest level of detail to th...Fused nasal bones helped tyrannosaurids dismember prey
New evidence may help explain the brute strength of the tyrannosaurid, says a University of Alberta researcher whose finding demonstrates how a fused nasal bone helped turn the animal into a "zoological superweapon." "Fused, arch-like nasal bones are a unique feature of tyrannosaurids," said Dr. Eric Snively, a post doctoral research fellow at the University of Alberta. "This adaptation,...Speaker announces business members of IT Task Force
Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, and State Rep. Phil Montgomery, R-Green Bay, announced the following appointments: Tom Andreoli, CIO, <a href="http://www.schreiberfo...Online scam targets credit union members
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Members of After months of seeking out anti-spam systems, examining more than 30 respondents and choosing six f...Three Midwest Tel Net members select Occam's platform to increase service
Wisconsin Three members of the Midwest Tel Net consortium have selected ' BLC 6000 platform to deliver voice, video and high-speed data to the companies' rural residential and small business subscribers, Occam announced Wednesday. The participating companies are Hillsboro Telephone Co. Inc., LaValle Telephone Cooperative an...IMA wants members not to do sex determination tests during pregnancy
The Indian Medical Association has asked its members to refrain from conducting sex-determination tests and aiding female foeticide. No support would be extended to practitioners caught in the act, the IMA said on Sunday. "We as an organisation should warn our members against aiding in such heinous crimes", said Dr. Vinay Agarwal, joint secretary, IMA headquarters, New Delhi. He was spe...Five Members Of A Family Killed
A wall suddenly collapsed on a family in Karawal Nagar area of northeast Delhi resulting in the death of three children and two adults and injuring four others on Saturday // . Apparently the family was sitting beside the wall of a school building, which had been constructed a few days ago. In a press meeting deputy commissioner of police R.L Meena said that the eight feet high wall of a...India becomes a member of IARC
At a press release Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, Information and Broadcasting Minister said that Dr. Manmohan Singh has approved for a six million dollar scheme to join the International Agency// for Research on Cancer (IARC). It helps to prevent and improve cancer treatments in the country. This membership will help in the development of cancer vaccine in India and help us recognize the envi...