Scientists to study synthetic telepathy August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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A team of UC Irvine scientists has been awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Army Research Office to study the neuroscientific and signal-processing foundations of synthetic telepathy. | |
Contraceptive pill influences partner choice August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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The contraceptive pill may disrupt women's natural ability to choose a partner genetically dissimilar to themselves, research at the University of Liverpool has found. | |
Switching it up: How memory deals with a change in plans August 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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You're about to leave work at the end of the day when your cell phone rings: it's your spouse, asking that you pick up a gallon of milk on the way home. Before you head out the door, though, your spouse calls again and asks ... | |
Researchers link cocoa flavanols to improved brain blood flow August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Cocoa flavanols, the unique compounds found naturally in cocoa, may increase blood flow to the brain, according to new research published in the Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment journal. The researchers suggest ... | |
Towards zero training for brain-computer interfacing August 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
While invasive electrode recordings in humans show long-term promise, non-invasive techniques can also provide effective brain-computer interfacing (BCI) and localization of motor activity in the brain for paralyzed patients ... | |
Scientists find a novel mechanism that controls the development of autoimmunity August 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have found a mechanism in the immune systems of mice that can lead to the development of autoimmune disease when turned off. The findings shed light on the processes that lead ... | |
'Erasing' drug-associated memories may stop drug addiction relapses August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- 'Erasing' drug-associated memories may prevent recovering drug abusers from relapsing, researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered. | |
Model for angelman syndrome developed August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A model for studying the genetics of Angelman syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes mental retardation and other symptoms in one out of 15,000 births, has been developed by biologists at The University of Texas at ... | |
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