Global AIDS Alliance Sounds Alarm on Potential Budget Cuts
AIDS Leaders Call on President Obama to Support Effective, Life-saving Programs WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amid initial indications that the administration's first budget will flat-line funding for global health, the Global AIDS Alliance is calling on President Obama, Vice...A good ear: Rats identify specific sounds in noisy environments
A study conducted on hundreds of rats could help us understand how the brain identifies specific sounds in a noisy environment. The investigation, soon to be published in the journal Brain, was conducted by Alex Martin of the Universit de Montral Department of Psychology. "Our ears have thousan...Stem-cell sentry sounds the alarm to maintain balance between cancer and aging, U-M researchers find
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Like a sentry guarding the castle walls, a molecular messenger inside adult stem cells sounds the alarm when it senses hazards that could allow the invasion of an insidious enemy: Cancer. The alarm bell halts the process of cell division in its tracks, preventing an error tha...World No Tobacco Day Sounds Urgent Call for Nations to Fight Tobacco Use, Save Lives
WASHINGTON, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: The World Health Organization's World No Tobacco Day, to be celebrated May 31, is an important reminder of the devastating toll of the global tobacco epi...Amateur Singers, Teachers Seldom Hear Sounds of Trouble
Study finds pros more likely to take measures improving vocal health WEDNESDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- Trying to be the next American Idol could harm your vocal health. Amateur singers and singing instructors are less sensitive than their professional peers to the subtle change...Actress and New Mom Keri Russell Joins PKIDs to launch 'Silence the Sounds of Pertussis' Campaign
Keri Russell Shares Personal Experience about Protecting Kids from a Deadly but Vaccine-Preventable Disease WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (PKIDs) today announced the launch of its national educational campaign "Silence ...Brain Waves Show Sound Processing Abnormalities in Autistic Children
... to the children in the form of beeps, tones in pairs, vowels or sentences. sounds were presented at different frequencies and tone pairs in rapid succession,... second delay in the brain's response while processing the rapid succession sounds and the unusual streams, giving researchers an insight into the dysfunction...3M Littmann® Electronic Stethoscope Model 3000
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Description:...) Indicators: Battery LED (green) indicates that the units on; it flashes when battery voltage is low. Pulse LED (red) flashes and audible indicator sounds each time a stimulus pulse is generated. Power Source: 9-V alkaline battery (access door on rear panel) Power Consumption: Approximately 13.0 mA C...Bats pick up rustling sounds against highway background noise
Listening for faint rustling noises made by tasty beetles on a quiet day is simple for bats hunting with their exquisitely sensitive hearing. So try imagining what it must be like trying to locate rustling treats just metres from a roaring highway. It would seem to be almost impossible to pick out...Florida's 'worm grunters' collect bait worms by inadvertently imitating mole sounds
When biologist Ken Catania heard about the peculiar practice of worm grunting practiced in the Apalachicola National Forest in the Florida Panhandle one of his first thoughts was an observation made by Charles Darwin. Worm grunting involves going into the forest, driving a wooden stake into the ...Mosquito repellents that emit high-pitched sounds don't prevent bites
A Cochrane Systematic Review of the use of electronic mosquito repellents (EMRs) failed to find any evidence that they work. The researchers therefore say that there is no reason for recommending their use, and that there is no reason for even trying to do more research with the devices. Malaria ...How fish hear and make sounds at same time
Cornell University researchers have learned how a common fish found along the West Coast can hum and hear outside sounds at the same time. The study marks the first time that scientists have found a direct line of communication between the part of a vertebrate's brain that controls the vocal musc...Elephants imitate sounds as a form of social communication
Elephants learn to imitate sounds that are not typical of their species, the first known example after humans of vocal learning in a non-primate terrestrial mammal. The discovery, reported in today's Nature, further supports the idea that vocal learning is important for maintaining individual socia...Intruder alert: Tel Aviv University's 'Smart Dew' will find you!
...tronic Ears, Noses, Skin and Eyes Unlike conventional alarm systems, each droplet of Smart Dew can be programmed to monitor a different condition. sounds could be picked up by a miniature microphone. The metal used in the construction of cars and tractors could be detected by a magnetic sensor. Smart De...Allied Minds Establishes New Company to Commercialize Novel UC Irvine Tinnitus Therapy
...quire the use of long retraining regimes or the use of powerful drugs with similarly dangerous side effects. The SoundCure technology does not require sounds louder than the tinnitus being treated and uses customized sound frequencies and pulsed tones to counter the effects of tinnitus. The technology has s...Intruder alert: Tel Aviv University's 'Smart Dew' will find you!
...tronic Ears, Noses, Skin and Eyes Unlike conventional alarm systems, each droplet of Smart Dew can be programmed to monitor a different condition. sounds could be picked up by a miniature microphone. The metal used in the construction of cars and tractors could be detected by a magnetic sensor. Smart De...Intruder alert: Tel Aviv University's 'Smart Dew' will find you!
...tronic Ears, Noses, Skin and Eyes Unlike conventional alarm systems, each droplet of Smart Dew can be programmed to monitor a different condition. sounds could be picked up by a miniature microphone. The metal used in the construction of cars and tractors could be detected by a magnetic sensor. Smart De...Cochlear Americas Provides Support for Cochlear Implant Recipients to Pursue Higher Education
...t sound waves to electrical impulses and transmit them to the inner ear, providing people with severe-to-profound hearing loss the ability to identify sounds in their environment and often to understand speech without reading lips. The cochlear implant is recognized as a standard treatment for profound deaf...Cells Exhibition Opens at Maryland Science Center
...teract with human-sized cell organelles in an interactive environment enhanced with floating layers of translucent membranes, pulsing light, music and sounds of water. Cell explorers virtually shrink to the size of a single molecule as they learn about the lifecycle of a single cell and fly through the cell...