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Phobia's Effect on Perception of Feared Object Allows Fear to Persist
The more afraid a person is
of a spider, the bigger that
individual perceives the
spider to be, new research
suggests. ... > full story
Birds Sing Louder Amidst the Noise and Structures of the Urban Jungle
Sparrows, blackbirds and the
great tit are all birds
known to sing at a higher
pitch in urban environments.
It was previously believed
... > full story
Heart Beats to the Rhythm of a Circadian Clock
Sudden cardiac death --
catastrophic and unexpected
fatal heart stoppage -- is
more likely to occur shortly
after waking in the morning
and in the late night. In a
... > full story
NASA's Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space
Astronomers using data from
NASA's Spitzer Space
Telescope have, for the
first time, discovered
buckyballs in a solid form
in space. Prior to this
... > full story
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Earth's Clouds Are Getting Lower, NASA Satellite Finds
February 22, 2012 — Earth's clouds got a little lower -- about one percent on average -- during the first decade of this century, finds a new NASA-funded university study based on NASA satellite data. The results have ... > full story -
Tiny, Implantable Medical Device Can Propel Itself Through Bloodstream
February 22, 2012 — For 50 years, scientists had searched for the secret to making tiny implantable devices that could travel through the bloodstream. Engineers have now demonstrated a wirelessly powered device that ... > full story -
Off Switch for Pain? Chemists Build Light-Controlled Neural Inhibitor
February 22, 2012 — Pain? Just turn it off! It may sound like science fiction, but researchers have now succeeded in inhibiting pain-sensitive neurons on demand, in the laboratory. The crucial element in their strategy ... > full story -
Recharge Your Cell Phone With a Touch? New Nanotechnology Converts Body Heat Into Power
February 22, 2012 — Never get stranded with a dead cell phone again. A promising new technology called Power Felt, a thermoelectric device that converts body heat into an electrical current, soon could create enough ... > full story -
Neuroscientists Identify How the Brain Works to Select What We (Want To) See
February 21, 2012 — If you are looking for a particular object -- say a yellow pencil -- on a cluttered desk, how does your brain work to visually locate it? For the first time, neuroscientists have identified how ... > full story -
Stratospheric Superbugs Offer New Source of Power
February 21, 2012 — Bacteria normally found 30 kilometers above Earth have been identified as highly efficient generators of electricity. Bacillus stratosphericus -- a microbe commonly found in high concentrations in ... > full story -
Caught in the Act: Scientists Discover Microbes Speciating
February 21, 2012 — Not that long ago in a hot spring in Kamchatka, Russia, two groups of genetically indistinguishable microbes decided to part ways. They began evolving into different species – despite the fact ... > full story -
Injectable Gel Could Repair Tissue Damaged by Heart Attack
February 21, 2012 — Researchers have developed a new injectable hydrogel that could be an effective and safe treatment for tissue damage caused by heart ... > full story -
Fastest Wind from Stellar-Mass Black Hole
February 21, 2012 — Astronomers have clocked the fastest wind yet discovered blowing off a disk around a stellar-mass black hole. This result has important implications for understanding how this type of black hole ... > full story -
Origin of Photosynthesis Revealed: Genome Analysis of 'Living Fossil' Sheds Light on the Evolution of Plants
February 21, 2012 — Evolutionary biologists have shed light on the early events leading to photosynthesis, the result of the sequencing of 70 million base pair nuclear genome of the one-celled alga Cyanophora. They ... > full storyMore:
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