News tagged with activation levels
Brainput system takes some brain strain off multi-taskers
(Phys.org) -- A research team made up of members from Indiana University, Tufts and MIT and led by Erin Treacy Solovey, a has built a brain monitoring system that offloads some of the computer related activities ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 16, 2012 |
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When dinosaurs roamed a fiery landscape
The dinosaurs of the Cretaceous may have faced an unexpected hazard: fire! In a paper published online today, researchers from Royal Holloway University of London and The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago have shown ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Haiti should brace for more devastating quakes: study
The 2010 earthquake that devastated southern Haiti may have opened a new era of seismic activity and residents should brace for more massive temblors, said a US study on Thursday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 26, 2012 |
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New membrane lipid measuring technique may help fight disease
Could controlling cell-membrane fat play a key role in turning off disease?
Oct 09, 2011 |
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New study reduces threat level for caribou in Alberta's oilsands country
(Edmonton) A University of Alberta researcher has co-written an extensive study of the caribou population in the Fort McMurray oilsands region that show the animals' survival isn't as threatened as was perceived in the past. ...
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Cooling system may build eggs' natural defenses against salmonella
(PhysOrg.com) -- Once eggs are laid, their natural resistance to pathogens begins to wear down, but a Purdue University scientist believes he knows how to rearm those defenses.
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Apple peel makes mice mighty
For Popeye, spinach was the key to extra muscle. For the mice in a new University of Iowa study, it was apples, or more precisely a waxy substance called ursolic acid that's found in apple peel.
Jun 07, 2011 |
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How sensors can detect the crime-solving clues at our fingertips
A new approach to fingerprinting using sensor technology developed at the University of Sussex could soon be helping forensics teams date and identify prints left at a crime scene - by capturing their electrical ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 20, 2011 |
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Dietary, lifestyle changes can significantly reduce triglycerides
Dietary and lifestyle changes significantly reduce elevated triglycerides (a type of blood fat) -- which is associated with heart, blood vessel and other diseases -- according to an American Heart Association scientific statement.
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Trial suggests statin may affect markers associated with progression of HIV
A recent multicenter clinical trial of atorvastatin, a type of cholesterol-lowering drug, found that although the drug did not inhibit plasma HIV RNA levels, it did inhibit expression of cellular markers of immune activation ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Active ingredient levels vary among red yeast rice supplements
Different formulations of red yeast rice, a supplement marketed as a way to improve cholesterol levels, appear widely inconsistent in the amounts of active ingredients they contain, according to a report in the October 25 ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Diabetes shouldn't deter young athletes: study
A new study led by York University researchers finds that young athletes with Type 1 diabetes may experience a marked decrease in performance as a result of their blood sugar levels.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 15, 2010 |
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New study contradicts negative perceptions of menopause
New research from the University of Sheffield has found that social and psychological factors have the biggest influence upon women's sexual behaviour during the menopause, rather than biological changes such as declining ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Contrary to Popular Models, Sugar Is Not Burned by Self-Control Tasks (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Contradicting a popular model of self-control, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist says the data from a 2007 study argues against the idea that glucose is the resource used to manage ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 10, 2010 |
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Record measurement of extremely small magnetic fields
Researchers at the research center QUANTOP at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) have constructed an atomic magnetometer, which has achieved the highest sensitivity allowed ...
Apr 12, 2010 |
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