 Researchers Create Robot Driven by Moth's Brain November 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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In a notion taken from science fiction afficionados, University of Arizona researchers presented a robot that moves by using the brain impulses of a moth at the 37th annual Society for Neuroscience meeting ... | |
Brain rewards aggression much like it does sex, food, drugs February 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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New research from Vanderbilt University shows for the first time that the brain processes aggression as a reward—much like sex, food and drugs—offering insights into our propensity to fight and our fascination with violent ... | |
Researchers create beating heart in laboratory January 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 78 vote(s)
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University of Minnesota researchers have created a beating heart in the laboratory. By using a process called whole organ decellularization, scientists from the University of Minnesota Center for Cardiovascular Repair grew ... | |
Scientists Locate Revved Up Chemical That Mimics Red Wine November 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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Scientists at Sirtris Pharmaceuticals have conducted research on fattened rodents to test the utility of a chemical that mimics resversatrol. Resversatrol is a key compound in red wine. After examining 500 thousand compounds, ... | |
Brain stem cells can be awakened, say scientists June 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 58 vote(s)
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Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have identified specific molecules in the brain that are responsible for awakening and putting to sleep brain stem cells, which, when activated, can transform into neurons (nerve ... | |
 Sleep loss linked to psychiatric disorders October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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It has long been assumed that sleep deprivation can play havoc with our emotions. This is notably apparent in soldiers in combat zones, medical residents and even new parents. Now there's a neurological basis ... | |
New master switch found in the brain that regulates appetite and reproduction August 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Body weight and fertility have long known to be related to each other – women who are too thin, for example, can have trouble becoming pregnant. Now, a master switch has been found in the brain of mice that controls both, ... | |
Ultrasound shown to exert remote control of brain circuits October 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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In a twist on nontraditional uses of ultrasound, a group of neuroscientists at Arizona State University has developed pulsed ultrasound techniques that can remotely stimulate brain circuit activity. Their findings, published ... | |
Surprise -- cholesterol may actually pose benefits, study shows January 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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If you’re worried about high cholesterol levels and keeping heart-healthy as you get older, don’t push aside bacon and eggs just yet. A new study says they might actually provide a benefit. | |
 Learning while we sleep and dream May 14, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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Suppose you have a lot of information and you want to put it together so it makes sense. Here’s a suggestion from psychologists at Harvard Medical School — sleep on it. | |
 Optical illusions: caused by eye or brain? November 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 71 vote(s)
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When viewing the famous optical illusion painting Enigma by Isia Leviant, many people claim to see motion within the colored circles moving against the black and white striped background. Although this ... | |
Honey effective in killing bacteria that cause chronic sinusitis September 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Honey is very effective in killing bacteria in all its forms, especially the drug-resistant biofilms that make treating chronic rhinosinusitis difficult, according to research presented during the 2008 American Academy of ... | |
 Do 68 molecules hold the key to understanding disease? September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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Why is it that the origins of many serious diseases remain a mystery? In considering that question, a scientist at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has come up with a unified molecular ... | |
 Passive learning imprints on the brain just like active learning July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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It's conventional wisdom that practice makes perfect. But if practicing only consists of watching, rather than doing, does that advance proficiency? Yes, according to a study by Dartmouth researchers. | |
Red, red wine: How it fights Alzheimer's November 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists call it the "French paradox" — a society that, despite consuming food high in cholesterol and saturated fats, has long had low death rates from heart disease. Research has suggested it is the red ... | |
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