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The Taste Gene
In the first study to link
taste genes to behavior in
children, researchers looked
at how natural variations in
a recently discovered taste
gene affected sensitivity to
bitter tastes and food
preferences in a group of
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Why I Hate Anchovies
An exhibit at San
Francisco's Exploratorium
explains the science of
cooking and eating, and in
particular how we taste
food. Our sense of taste
comes from a combination of
smell receptors in the nose
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Become A Smarter Shopper
Consumers need to be more
aware of the mathematical
details behind sales
pitches, math experts say.
Simple arithmetic can show
exactly what kind of deal is
offered. ... > full story
New Road Signs
A new font called Clearview
appears on new road signs,
making them easier to read
even at night. Developed by
a team that included civil
engineers, graphic
designers, psychologists,
and vision experts, the new
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Computer Scientists Devise Tool For Visualizing Single Organs
With MRI or CT scans, clinicians have to identify and extract the anatomy out of cross-sections views of the body. Computer scientists have created a new interactive tool that can examine scans and ... > more -
Pediatric Neurologists Use MRI to Understand How Strokes Impair Verbal Abilities
Children who have speech-impairing strokes often learn to talk again, while adult stroke victims can lose their verbal abilities for good. By giving reading and verbal tests inside the MRI, ... > more -
Psychologists Link Hitting Skills to Vision
Cognitive psychologists have discovered that baseball skills correlate with how a player sees the ball: Athletes who see the ball bigger than it is tend to perform better. In the experiments, ... > more -
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Computer Scientists Use Technology To Help Children With Autism
Computer scientists have devised two tools to help people interact with autistic children. Videotaping interactions allows teachers or parents to replay situations and evaluate the cause of ... > more -
Acoustic Device Allows Sound To Travel Through Bones
Otolaryngologists develop a new, implantable hearing aid. It works with a transmitter worn behind the ear that sends sound vibrations from her deaf side through the skull to her good ear. It's ... > more -
Engineers Measure Blood Alcohol Content With Spectroscopy
Using optical technology, engineers created a way to measure the amount of alcohol in a driver’s skin. They use near-infrared absorption spectroscopy to measure blood alcohol content. The light ... > more -
Neuroendocrinologists Unlock Chemical Trigger to Puberty
Researchers have discovered the precise chemical chain reaction that could be the much-sought-after puberty trigger: The KiSS-1 gene, which produces a protein in the hypothalamus, a part of the ... > more -
Sea Urchins' Genetics Add To Knowledge Of Cancer, Alzheimer's And Infertility
Researchers are using the sea urchins to study and understand diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy. Although they are invertebrates, the creatures ... > more -
Neurosurgeon Devises MRI-Based Technique to Diagnose Sciatica
Up to 40 million American suffer from sciatica pains, but the condition is often not diagnosed correctly. A new imaging technique uses a specially tuned MRI scan to image nerves and highlight them ... > more -
Neurosurgeons Cut Surgical Procedure Time with New Device
In a method called deep brain stimulation, certain movement disorders are treated by implanting wires in the brain that deliver electrical signals. The surgical procedure can last up to eight hours, ... > more
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