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  Computer Processors: Saving Power, Saving Money

  March 8, 2012 — Engineers have proposed a method of cutting power use and costs in computer processors. Called fine-grained power gating, the method would shut off energy to unused portions of datapath and memory ... > full story
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  How Repeated Stress Impairs Memory

  March 7, 2012 — Anyone who has ever been subject to chronic stress knows that it can take a toll on emotions and the ability to think clearly. Now, new research uncovers a neural mechanism that directly links ... > full story
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  Weekend Smoking Can Damage Your Memory, Study Suggests

  March 6, 2012 — People who smoke only at weekends cause as much damage to their memory as those who smoke on a daily basis, according to new ... > full story
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  Scientists Gain New Insight Into Prefrontal Cortex Activity

  March 5, 2012 — The brain has a remarkable ability to learn new cognitive tasks while maintaining previously acquired knowledge about various functions necessary for everyday life. But exactly how new information is ... > full story
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  Making Memories: How One Protein Does It

  March 5, 2012 — Studying tiny bits of genetic material that control protein formation in the brain, scientists say they have new clues to how memories are made and how drugs might someday be used to stop disruptions ... > full story
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  Training Can Improve Memory and Increase Brain Activity in Mild Cognitive Impairment

  March 1, 2012 — If someone has trouble remembering where the car keys or the cheese grater are, new research shows that a memory training strategy can help. Memory training can even re-engage the hippocampus, part ... > full story
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  How Marijuana Impairs Memory

  March 1, 2012 — A major downside of the medical use of marijuana is the drug's ill effects on working memory, the ability to transiently hold and process information for reasoning, comprehension and learning. ... > full story
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  Skin Infection Sheds Light on Immune Cells Living in Our Skin

  February 29, 2012 — Very recently, researchers discovered an important population of immune cells called memory T cells living in parts of the body that are in contact with the environment (e.g., skin, lung, GI tract). ... > full story
• Alzheimer's
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  Blockade of Learning and Memory Genes May Occur Early in Alzheimer's Disease: Treatable in Mice

  February 29, 2012 — A repression of gene activity in the brain appears to be an early event affecting people with Alzheimer's disease, researchers have found. In mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, this epigenetic ... > full story

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  • Reawakening Neurons: Researchers Find an Epigenetic Culprit in Memory Decline
  • Reversing Alzheimer's Gene 'Blockade' Can Restore Memory, Other Cognitive Functions
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  Memory Formation Triggered by Stem Cell Development

  February 24, 2012 — Researchers have discovered an answer to the long-standing mystery of how brain cells can both remember new memories while also maintaining older ... > full story

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