Virtual Environment News

Posted March 7, 2012:

• Players Get More Pleasure from Motion-Based Video Games

Posted March 6, 2012:

• Hiding Behavior of the Scrub Jay: More Stress Than Smarts?

Posted March 1, 2012:

• First Computer Model of How Buds Grow Into Leaves

Posted February 29, 2012:

• Schizophrenia Patients' Ability to Monitor Reality May Be Helped by Computerized Training

Posted February 28, 2012:

• Enhanced Brain-Computer Interface Promises Unparalleled Autonomy for Disabled

Posted February 27, 2012:

• Visual Alerts Shown to Evoke Quicker Reactions Than Alerts Through Other Senses

Posted February 15, 2012:

• Virtual Ghost Imaging: New Technique Enables Imaging Even Through Highly Adverse Conditions
• Virtual Reality Supports Planning by Architects

Posted February 8, 2012:

• Bubble-Powered Microrockets Zoom Have Potential to Zoom Through the Human Stomach, Other Acidic Environments

Posted February 6, 2012:

• Strategy Shift With Age Can Lead to Navigational Difficulties
• New Virtual Tool May Provide More Accurate Diagnosis of Genetic Mutations

Posted February 3, 2012:

• Placebos and Distraction: New Study Shows How to Boost the Power of Pain Relief, Without Drugs

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Which Direction Now? Just Ask the North-Facing Map in Your Head
• Gaming Technology for Calculating Floods

Posted January 16, 2012:

• People Behave Socially and 'Well' Even Without Rules, Online Avatar Study Shows

Posted January 12, 2012:

• Electron's Negativity Cut in Half by Supercomputer: Simulations Slice Electron in Half -- A Physical Process That Cannot Be Done in Nature

Posted January 11, 2012:

• Simulating Firefighting Operations on a PC

Posted January 10, 2012:

• How Can Pediatric HIV Be Eliminated in Zimbabwe?

Posted January 4, 2012:

• Mid-Lane Driving Helps Older Adults Stay Safe

Posted January 3, 2012:

• Sky Light Sky Bright -- In the Office

Posted December 7, 2011:

• New Tool for Touring Mars Using Detailed Images
• Avatars Help People Develop Real World Skills

Posted December 1, 2011:

• Moral Dilemma: Would You Kill One Person to Save Five?

Posted November 29, 2011:

• Virtual Childbirth Simulator Improves Safety of High-Risk Deliveries

Posted November 28, 2011:

• How Bats 'Hear' Objects in Their Path

Posted November 18, 2011:

• Light Created from a Vacuum: Casimir Effect Observed in Superconducting Circuit

Posted November 7, 2011:

• Simulating Real-World Surfaces for Automotive Design

Posted November 3, 2011:

• Depression: Combination of Environmental, Psychological and Genetic Factors

Posted October 28, 2011:

• OpenSim, Open-Source Software, Accurately Models Human Motion, Experts Say

Posted October 21, 2011:

• Digital Worlds Can Help Autistic Children to Develop Social Skills

Posted October 20, 2011:

• Number of Facebook Friends Linked to Size of Brain Regions, Study Suggests

Posted October 19, 2011:

• Lightning Strikes, in the Form of Bits and Bytes

Posted October 14, 2011:

• Differing Structures Underlie Differing Brain Rhythms in Healthy and Ill, Virtual Modeling Reveals

Posted October 12, 2011:

• Talk to the Virtual Hands: Body Language of Both Speaker and Listener Affects Success in Virtual Reality Communication Game

Posted October 5, 2011:

• Monkeys 'Move and Feel' Virtual Objects Using Only Their Brains

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Form Follows Family -- Not Function: Humans and Chimpanzees Have Similar Long Bone Shape

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Virtual Reality Worm-Tracking Challenge Leads to New Tool for Brain Research
• Virtual Fly-Through Bronchoscopy Yields Real Results

Posted September 20, 2011:

• 3-D Microscope Opens Eyes to Prehistoric Oceans and Present-Day Resources

Posted September 15, 2011:

• Personalized 3-D Avatars for Real Life

Posted September 12, 2011:

• Identifying Dangerous Intersections With Help of New Computer Simulation

Posted September 6, 2011:

• Virtual Reality May Help Adults Recover from Stroke
• Simulation an Effective Way to Train Health-Care Professionals, Research Review Finds

Posted September 3, 2011:

• Advertising in Violent Video Games Results in Poor Recall, Negative Brand Perception

Posted September 2, 2011:

• Simulation Training in Obstetric Clerkship Improves Medical Students' Examination Scores

Posted September 1, 2011:

• Digital Quantum Simulator Developed
• Online Activity Grows in a Similar Pattern to Those of Real-Life Networks

Posted August 29, 2011:

• How Couples' Collaborative Dialogue May Assist in a Spouse's Memory

Posted August 26, 2011:

• Astrophysicists Solve 40-Year-Old Mariner 5 Solar Wind Problem: Turbulence Doesn’t Go With the Flow

Posted August 25, 2011:

• Math-Based Model for Deep-Water Oil Drilling

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