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Help Scientists Stalk Cicadas Various citizen-science projects let you contribute to our understanding of the periodical cicada swarm. Karen Hopkin reports. Read More »Depression Treatments: Brain Scans May Suggest Best Course
Restless Legs Syndrome Linked to Higher Risk of Early Death Men who suffer from restless legs syndrome may not live as long as those without the condition, according to a new study. Read More »Do Mantle Plumes Exist? Mission Aims to Answer Read More » Infections Linked to Mood Disorders Infections and autoimmune disorders may increase the risk of developing a mood disorder such as depression later in life, a new study from Denmark suggests. Read More »Languages May Be Shaped By Geography
Babies Have Sympathy for Bully Victims, Study Suggests Babies may be able to show sympathy before their first birthday, according to a new study in which 10-month-olds preferred the victims rather than the aggressors in a bullying encounter. Read More »Ancient Kangaroo Teeth Reveal Australia's Tropical Past The fossilized teeth of ancient marsupials that roamed through northeastern Australia roughly 2.5 million years ago suggest these animals fed on leafy plants in a much more lush and tropical environment than was previously thought, according to a new study. Read More »Japan mulls hosting global collider project - Nikkei (Reuters) - The government has decided to solicit construction in Japan of the International Linear Collider (ILC), a next-generation particle accelerator that will allow physicists to explore rudimentary questions about the universe, the Nikkei said. The ILC will complement the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson - a particle understood to impart mass, the business daily said. The project is seen to measure up to the International Space Station and the ITER nuclear fusion project. ... Read More »Some Mars Gullies May Be Carved by Dry Ice 'Sleds'
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Your Smartphone in 2018: 15 Futuristic Features Read More » Your Brain Might Control Your Next Smartphone Read More » Exclusive: Antitrust probe of Lockheed-Boeing rocket venture Read More » Do Advanced College Degrees Really Pay Off? For graduates of the class of 2013, the experience of being a college student is now a memory, but the effects of going to college and the loan debt they accrued will stick with them for much longer. Read More »'Homing at Work' Trend Becomes the Norm In today's evolving work environment, employees aren't only working from home, they're also "homing from work," new research shows. Read More »Sneaky Ways Bosses Try to Get Employees to Quit If you aren't very fond of your boss and wish he would take a job elsewhere, the feeling is probably mutual, new research shows. Read More »Trove of Black Holes Discovered in Andromeda Galaxy
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Privacy, Pfft! Why NSA Surveillance Only Bothers Some People In the wake of leaks revealing that the National Security Agency collects massive amounts of telephone and Internet data as part of its counterterrorism strategy, responses have ranged from fear and outrage to "So what?" Read More »Tatooine-Like Alien Planets Could Host Life Read More » Three Chinese Astronauts Dock to Nation's Space Station
'Escape Tunnel' Found at Nazi Death Camp Traces of an escape tunnel have been uncovered at the site of an infamous Nazi death camp in Poland, according to news reports. Read More »Tiny, Transparent Lobsters Stick Close to Home Read More » Forget the NSA: Your Tech Gadgets Are Spying on You Read More » Radioactive Mountain is Key in US Rare-Earth Woes
Is Big Brother Watching? Paranoid Thoughts Common, Study Finds In a week of revelations about secret government surveillance of phones and Internet activity, you might find yourself looking over your shoulder a little bit more often than usual. You're not alone, research suggests. Read More »Antarctic Ice Shelves Melt Mostly From Below Read More » | ||||||||||||||||||
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Toward a cross-species understanding of empathy Jaak Panksepp, Jules B. Panksepp. • Signs of empathy have been observed in many mammals, including laboratory rodents. • 'Primal empathy' utilizes the seven basic emotional systems of the mammalian br.... Read More » Current insights into the C9orf72 repeat expansion diseases of the FTLD/ALS spectrum Marc Cruts, Ilse Gijselinck, Tim Van Langenhove, Julie van der Zee, Christine Van Broeckhoven. • C9orf72 repeat expansions are the most frequent cause of FTLD/ALS spectrum diseases. • Expanded C9orf72 repeats are associated with diverse neurologic.... Read More » Epigenetic layers and players underlying neurodevelopment Janine M. LaSalle, Weston T. Powell, Dag H. Yasui. • Epigenetic modifications are long-lived layers of past transcriptional events. • The relationship of DNA methylation to transcription depends on genomic context. Novel pathogenic pathways in diabetic neuropathy Jennifer Zenker, Dan Ziegler, Roman Chrast. • Glial cells play a critical role in maintenance of axonal integrity and function. • Diabetes mellitus modifies axon–glia interactions at nodal areas of PNS nerves.<.... Read More » Spikes and ribbon synapses in early vision Tom Baden, Thomas Euler, Matti Weckström, Leon Lagnado. • The retina of vertebrates and invertebrates encodes visual signals with both spikes and graded signals. • In vertebrates, 'digitization' of the visual signal begins.... Read More » Changing the tune: plasticity and adaptation of retrograde signals Karl J. Iremonger, Jaclyn I. Wamsteeker Cusulin, Jaideep S. Bains. • Retrograde signaling can be modified by a diverse array of intracellular signaling pathways. • Retrograde signals interact with other neurotransmitters to determine.... Read More » Emerging role for astroglial networks in information processing: from synapse to behavior Ulrike Pannasch, Nathalie Rouach. • Astrocytes are organized in extensive and plastic gap-junction mediated networks. • We evaluate their role in synaptic activity, neuronal circuit dynamics and behav.... Read More » Neurons and circuits for odor processing in the piriform cortex John M. Bekkers, Norimitsu Suzuki. • The piriform cortex (PC) is critical for olfactory processing in mammals. • The PC is increasingly studied as a model circuit for cortical sensory processing. •.... Read More » Metabolic signaling by lactate in the brain L. Felipe Barros. • Synaptic activity is accompanied by a transient rise in brain tissue lactate concentration. • The rise in lactate is explained by acute stimulation of glycolysis in.... Read More » Autophagy in axonal and dendritic degeneration Yi Yang, Michael Coleman, Lihui Zhang, Xiaoxiang Zheng, Zhenyu Yue. • Neuritic degeneration is a pathological feature of many neurodegenerative diseases. • Autophagy regulates protein and organelle homeostasis in axons and dendrites.<.... Read More » Steady or changing? Long-term monitoring of neuronal population activity Henry Lütcke, David J. Margolis, Fritjof Helmchen. • We review in vivo chronic extracellular recording and two-photon calcium-imaging studies that address the question of the stability of neuronal population activi.... Read More » Development of human embryonic stem cell therapies for age-related macular degeneration Amanda-Jayne F. Carr, Matthew J.K. Smart, Conor M. Ramsden, Michael B. Powner, Lyndon da Cruz, Peter J. Coffey. • Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in older adults. Recent research for treating AMD has focused on replacing the retinal pigmen.... Read More » | ||||
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