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Cochlear Implant Users Can Hear, Feel the Beat in Music
Jan. 26, 2015 — People who use cochlear implants for profound hearing loss do respond to certain aspects of music, contrary to common beliefs and limited scientific research, says a research team. The scientists say ... full story -
Partly Wrong With a Chance of Being Right: Weather Forecast
Jan. 26, 2015 — The inaccuracy of weather forecasts has personal implications for people around the world. New research from Tel Aviv University prioritizes, for the first time, the reasons for forecasting failures ... full story -
Swarm of Microprobes to Head for Jupiter
Jan. 26, 2015 — A swarm of tiny probes each with a different sensor could be fired into the clouds of Jupiter and grab data as they fall before burning up in the gas giant planet's atmosphere. The probes would ... full story -
Climate Models Disagree on Why Temperature 'Wiggles' Occur
Jan. 26, 2015 — Most climate models likely underestimate the degree of decade-to-decade variability occurring in mean surface temperatures as Earth's atmosphere warms. They also provide inconsistent ... full story -
Would You Tell Your Manager You Had a Mental Health Problem?
Jan. 26, 2015 — Although nearly four in 10 workers wouldn't tell their manager if they had a mental health problem, half said that if they knew about a coworker's illness, they would desire to help, a new ... full story -
How Tropical Parasite Hijacks Cells
Jan. 26, 2015 — Scientists have pinned down how a dangerous tropical parasite which is transmitted by ticks manages to turn healthy cells into cancer-like invasive cells, according to research. Microscopic Theileria ... full story -
In Infants, Pain from Vaccinations Shows Up in Brain Activity
Jan. 26, 2015 — Infants show distinct, consistent patterns of brain activity in response to painful vaccinations, new research ... full story -
New Mechanism to Aid Cells Under Stress Identified
Jan. 26, 2015 — New details in a cellular mechanism that serves as a defense against stress have been identified by a team of biologists. The findings potentially offer insights into tumor progression and ... full story -
Brain Circuit That Regulates Thirst Identified
Jan. 26, 2015 — Scientists have identified a circuit in the brains of mice that regulates thirst. When a subset of cells in the circuit is switched on, mice immediately begin drinking water, even if they are fully ... full story -
Helicopter Could Be 'Scout' for Mars Rovers
Jan. 26, 2015 — Getting around on Mars is tricky business. Each NASA rover has delivered a wealth of information about the history and composition of the Red Planet, but a rover's vision is limited by the view ... full story -
Researchers Make Magnetic Graphene
Jan. 26, 2015 — Graphene has many desirable properties. Magnetism alas is not one of them. Magnetism can be induced in graphene by doping it with magnetic impurities, but this tends to disrupt graphene's ... full story -
Frogs Prove Ideal Models for Studying Developmental Timing
Jan. 26, 2015 — Thyroid hormone receptor alpha plays an important role in hind limb development in frogs, scientists have found. With new gene mutation technology, researchers were able to successfully mutate the ... full story -
Chemists Find a Way to Unboil Eggs
Jan. 26, 2015 — Chemists have figured out how to unboil egg whites -- an innovation that could dramatically reduce costs for cancer treatments, food production and other segments of the $160 billion global ... full story -
Mindfulness-Based Program in Schools Making a Positive Impact, Study Shows
Jan. 26, 2015 — A social and emotional learning program started by Academy Award winning actress Goldie Hawn to help school children improve their learning abilities, be more caring, and less stressed is now backed ... full story -
Mother's Stress Hormone Levels May Affect Fetal Growth and Long Term Health of Child
Jan. 26, 2015 — Increased levels of stress hormones can lead pregnant mice to overeat, but affect growth of the fetus and, potentially, the long term health of the offspring, according to a new ... full story -
How Cancer Turns Good Cells to the Dark Side
Jan. 26, 2015 — Biophysicists reveal how cancer uses notch-signaling pathways to promote metastasis. Their computer models provide a fresh theoretical framework for scientists who study ways to target cancer ... full story -
Poor Psychosocial Work Environments May Contribute to Heart Problems
Jan. 26, 2015 — A psychosocially poor work environment means that employees experience highly demanding requirements but have little ability to control their work or not feel sufficiently appreciated for the ... full story -
Stress During Pregnancy Related to Infant Gut Microbiota
Jan. 26, 2015 — Women who experience stress during pregnancy are likely to have babies with a poor mix of intestinal microbiota and with a higher incidence of intestinal problems and allergic reactions. This could ... full story -
Rabies Booster Defends Pets With out-of-Date Vaccination Against the Disease
Jan. 26, 2015 — Pets with out-of-date rabies vaccinations are very unlikely to develop the fatal disease if given a rabies booster immediately after exposure to the virus, a new study by veterinary diagnosticians ... full story -
Many Women With Breast Cancer Have Poor Knowledge About Their Condition
Jan. 26, 2015 — A new analysis has found that many women with breast cancer lack knowledge about their illness, with minority patients less likely than white patients to know and report accurate information about ... full story
- Cochlear implant users can hear, feel the beat in music
- Partly wrong with a chance of being right: Weather forecast
- Swarm of microprobes to head for Jupiter
- Climate models disagree on why temperature 'wiggles' occur
- Would you tell your manager you had a mental health problem?
- How tropical parasite hijacks cells
- In infants, pain from vaccinations shows up in brain activity
- New mechanism to aid cells under stress identified
- Brain circuit that regulates thirst identified
- Helicopter could be 'scout' for Mars rovers
- Researchers make magnetic graphene
- Frogs prove ideal models for studying developmental timing
- Chemists find a way to unboil eggs
- Mindfulness-based program in schools making a positive impact, study shows
- Mother's stress hormone levels may affect fetal growth and long term health of child
- How cancer turns good cells to the dark side
- Poor psychosocial work environments may contribute to heart problems
- Stress during pregnancy related to infant gut microbiota
- Rabies booster defends pets with out-of-date vaccination against the disease
- Many women with breast cancer have poor knowledge about their condition
- Medical radiation may be reduced to one-sixth with new mathematical discovery
- New programming language for fast simulations
- How your friends might help you avoid flu
- For university students, walking beats sitting
- Converting olive mash into cash
- Testosterone helps bind antidepressants in brain
- Nanodiamonds: Promising use for delivering cancer drug to kill chemoresistant cancer stem cells more effectively
- Daily drinking increases risk of alcoholic cirrhosis
- Scientists identify new disease treatment path
- Reducing work-family conflicts in the workplace helps people to sleep better
- Morphine following common childhood surgery may be life threatening
- The latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made
- Scientists slow down the speed of light travelling in free space
- 3-D view of Greenland Ice Sheet opens window on ice history
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Lucid dreams and metacognition: Awareness of thinking; awareness of dreaming
- Improving antibiotics to treat staph infections
- Why all-nighters don't work: How sleep, memory go hand-in-hand
- Silver nanowires demonstrate unexpected self-healing mechanism: Potential for flexible electronics
- Calculating the future of solar-fuel refineries
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- New technique for producing cheaper solar energy suggested by research
- Stalking versus cyberstalking: Effects on victims, their responses compared
- Alamo impact crater: New study could double its size
- Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, study finds
- Climate affects development of human speech
- Efficient methylating enzyme identified for cancer development
- Live broadcast from inside the nerve cell
- Yes, black holes exist in gravitational theories with unbounded speeds of propagation
- Warming seas decrease sea turtle basking
- H.E.S.S. finds three extremely luminous gamma-ray sources
- Lucky charms: When are superstitions used most?
- Mothers don't speak so clearly to their babies
- Ocean could hold key to predicting recurring extreme winters
- New breast exam nearly quadruples detection of invasive breast cancers in women with dense breast tissue
- What to do in a flu epidemic? Stay at home and watch TV
- New brain pathway offers hope for treating hypogylcemia
- Effect of thyroid disorders on reproductive health
- Bad reputation of crows demystified
- Hidden infection shortens life in birds
- Massive chip design savings to be realized
- Arctic ice cap slides into the ocean
- The language of T lymphocytes deciphered, the 'Rosetta Stone' of the immune system
- The brain's electrical alphabet: Timing, rate underlie neural information, study shows
- Sexually-transmitted diseases: Do multiple partners mean more immunity?
- Sisters act together: Cichlid sisters swim together in order to reach the goal
- Scientists map brains of the blind to solve mysteries of human brain specialization
- New 'systems genetics' study identifies possible target for epilepsy treatment
- Brazil's soy moratorium still needed to preserve Amazon
- Gene may open door for improved keloid, scar treatment
- Improvements in transistors will make flexible plastic computers a reality
- Revolutionary device found to lower blood pressure
- Celiac disease rate among young children has almost tripled in past 20 years
- Checklist devised to spot elderly patients most at risk of death
- Falls in blood pressure, cholesterol have saved 20,000+ lives in England
- Mammalian heart regenerative capacity depends on severity of injury
- High blood calcium levels linked with increased risk of premature death in dialysis patients
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- Genome-wide search reveals new genes involved in long-term memory
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- Anti-inflammatory protein may trigger plaque in Alzheimer's disease
- Surprising insights into effects of wood fuel burning
- Scientists set quantum speed limit
- Pictured together for the first time: A chemokine and its receptor
- Treatment restores sociability in autism mouse model
- How malaria-spreading mosquitoes can tell you're home
- Early human ancestors used their hands like modern humans
- Rosetta data reveals more surprises about comet 67P
- Rosetta data give closest-ever look at a comet
- Effect of BPA and estradiol on sperm development seen by researchers
- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
- First major analysis of Human Protein Atlas is published
- Rosetta Comet 'pouring' more water into space
- Watching the birth of a comet magnetosphere
- Gas variations are suggestive of seasons on comet Chury
- Prescription painkillers, widely used by childbearing age women, double birth defects risk
- When it comes to variations in crop yield, climate has a big say
- New links between obesity, cardiovascular disease found
- Infants can learn to communicate from videos, study shows
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