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Reading rock to understand how climate change unfolds - Science Daily - Science Daily (press release)
Reading rock to understand how climate change unfolds - Science DailyScience Daily (press release)An expert in glaciation from the late Paleozoic Era, Isbell is challenging ...via Google News -
Frogs, salamanders and climate change - Science Daily - Science Daily (press release)
Frogs, salamanders and climate change - Science DailyScience Daily (press release)And then there's climate change, another stressor for amphibians to contend with. Climate ...via Google News -
Paralyzed man uses thoughts alone to control robot arm, touch friend's hand, after seven years
An electrode array sitting on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old paralyzed man to control the movement of a character on a computer screen in three dimensions with just ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Thought-controlled prosthesis changing lives of amputees
The world's first implantable robotic arm controlled by thoughts is being developed by Chalmers researcher Max Ortiz Catalan. The first operations on patients will take place ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
USDA: Ongoing drought causes significant crop yield declines
Corn production will drop 13 percent to a six-year low, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Aug. 10.Posted by Pamela Hogle -
The more gray matter you have, the more altruistic you are
ScienceDaily (July 11, 2012) The volume of a small brain region influences one's predisposition for altruistic behavior. Researchers from the University of Zurich show that ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
CERN Experiments Observe Particle Consistent with Long-Sought Higgs Boson
Physicists with the the ATLAS and CMS experiments have presented their latest preliminary results in the search for the long-sought Higgs particle. Both experiments observe a ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Children, brain development and the criminal law
The legal system needs to take greater account of new discoveries in neuroscience that show how a difficult childhood can affect the development of a young person's brain ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Scientists tie DNA repair to key cell signaling network
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have found a surprising connection between a key DNA-repair process and a cellular signaling network linked to ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
Emotion can shut down high-level mental processes without our knowledge, in our native language
Psychologists believe that they have glimpsed for the first time, a process that takes place deep within our unconscious brain, where primal reactions interact with higher ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski



