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Retired Research Chimps Get Second Chance at Life Read More » Researchers See Through Walls With 'Wi-Vi'
Nanoparticles Help Scientists Tell Left From Right Read More » Weekend Stargazing: Celestial Scorpion Reigns in Night Sky
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NASA picks Florida agency to take over shuttle landing strip Read More » 'White House Down': What It Takes to Protect the President Hollywood seems to have the ingredients needed for a blockbuster disaster movie down to a science: lots of explosions, action-packed fight sequences and nefarious criminals laying siege to the government, a city or the world. Read More »Why Women Are More Likely to Be Bisexual Women may be more "hetero-flexible," or be primarily attracted to men with some same sex attraction, because same-sex behavior allowed women to raise their children with other women, a new study has proposed. Read More »NASA Space Shuttle Runway Gets New Life as Commercial Spaceport Read More » Social Lemurs Have More 'Street Smarts,' Study Finds Read More » Chilean Mummies Reveal Ancient Nicotine Habit
Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches on Public Display in Florida Read More » Leading light in science, Italy's 'lady of the stars' Hack dies By Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - Astrophysicist Margherita Hack, a popular science writer, public intellectual and the first woman to lead an astronomical observatory in Italy, died on Saturday at the age of 91. Known as the "lady of the stars", Hack's research contributed to the spectral classification of many groups of stars, and the asteroid 8558 Hack is named after her. ... Read More »Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit Opens with Support from Souvenirs
Leading light in science, Italy's "lady of the stars" Hack dies By Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - Astrophysicist Margherita Hack, a popular science writer, public intellectual and the first woman to lead an astronomical observatory in Italy, died on Saturday at the age of 91. Known as the "lady of the stars", Hack's research contributed to the spectral classification of many groups of stars, and the asteroid 8558 Hack is named after her. ... Read More » | ||||||||||||
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
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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 » 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 » 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 » 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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Friday, June 28, 2013
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NASA telescope to probe long-standing solar mystery Read More » Microbes Make Cozy Homes in Ocean's Garbage Read More » NASA probe finds new zone at doorstep to interstellar space By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Reports last summer than NASA's long-lived Voyager 1 space probe had finally left the solar system turned out to be a bit premature, scientists said on Thursday. Rather, the spacecraft, which was launched in 1977 for a five-year mission to study Jupiter and Saturn, has found itself in a previously unknown region between the outermost part of the solar system and interstellar space. ... Read More »Obama's Sensible Climate Plan: Boost Economy, Slash Emissions (Op-Ed)
Surveillance Cams Get Party Hats for Orwell's Birthday
Omega-3 in Fish May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk A large review of studies concludes that women who consume more omega-3 fatty acids by eating fish were at a lower risk of having breast cancer. Read More »NASA telescope to probe long-standing solar mystery Read More » NASA Launches Sun-Watching Telescope to Probe Solar Secrets
3 Things Making Workers More Productive Workers say technology is not the only reason they are more productive. Read More »How Worker Vacations Put Employers at Risk Bosses may want to be careful what they wish for when it comes to expecting employees to work through their vacations. New research has found that workers are risking their companies' security when they work while on vacation. Read More »Scientists Search Lunar Landscape for Lost Moon Probes
Mars Life Search Hindered by Planetary Protection Concerns, Scientists Say
Could Quantum Brain Effects Explain Consciousness? NEW YORK — The idea that consciousness arises from quantum mechanical phenomena in the brain is intriguing, yet lacks evidence, scientists say. Read More »Cave Art Reveals Ancient View of Cosmos
Eating Insects Will Help Feed Hungry World, UN Says
Beach Benefits: Oceanside Living Is Good for Health WASHINGTON — The age-old wisdom that being near the seaside is good for your health may be true, studies suggest. Read More »Diving Marine Animals Guzzle Oxygen from Ocean Marine animals swim to astonishing depths each day, diving for food and hiding from predators. These movements may seem miniscule against the enormity of the ocean, but combined on a global scale, they actually alter the ocean's oxygen levels, new research shows. Read More »How Earth Heals Itself After an Earthquake
Climate Change May Radically Transform Desert Bacteria
Woman's 'Foot Orgasm' Is First Known Case A 55-year-old woman in the Netherlands visited the doctor with an unusual complaint: She experienced unwanted orgasms that started in her foot, according to a new report of her case. Read More »Japan to Launch Talking Robot Into Space
Space Race TV Pilot Being Penned by 'Star Trek' Screenwriter Read More » The Road to Mars Is Paved in Lunar Rock (Op-Ed) Read More » Is Cursive Writing Dead? A single sentence, uttered in the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin, has catapulted an issue into the national spotlight. Read More »Traces of Wartime Famine Unearthed in Jerusalem
Imported Tortoises Could Replace Madagascar's Extinct Ones Two millennia ago, millions of giant tortoises roamed Madagascar, an island nation off the southeastern coast of Africa that is rich in species found nowhere else on Earth. Those tortoises kept Madagascar's unique ecosystem in check by munching on low-lying foliage, trampling vegetation and dispersing large seeds from native trees like the baobab. Read More »T. Rex Skeleton Headed for Smithsonian
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