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Wild birds respond differently to the first long days of a year

The lengthening of days in late winter is an important signal that stimulates the reproductive activity of many animals. Animals living in the milder climatic conditions of southern Europe usually begin breeding ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Technology and creativity go "full spectrum" at TED

Technology, art and magic will mix in perspective-bending ways this week as the prestigious TED conference continues transforming from an elite retreat to a global movement for a better world.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

First detection of pregnancy protein in older people destined for Alzheimer's disease

In an advance toward a much-needed early diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease (AD), scientists have discovered that older women destined to develop AD have high blood levels of a protein linked to pregnancy ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Like humans, chimps are born with immature forebrains

In both chimpanzees and humans, portions of the brain that are critical for complex cognitive functions, including decision-making, self-awareness and creativity, are immature at birth. But there are important differences, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cellphone cancer warning falls lightly on US ears

(AP) -- News last week that an arm of the World Health Organization said cellphones might raise the risk of brain cancer has been greeted by Americans mostly with a shrug of the shoulder - one that's pinning ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Australopithecus Sediba could be direct ancestor of Homo

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last year Lee Berger from the University of the Witwatersrand and his team discovered the skeletal remains of two specimens they determined to be a new species of human called Australopithecus se ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Does social anxiety disorder respond to psychotherapy? Brain study says yes

When psychotherapy is helping someone get better, what does that change look like in the brain? This was the question a team of Canadian psychological scientists set out to investigate in patients suffering from social anxiety ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Looking at cancer progression as evolutionary process

Two University of Oregon biologists have launched an ambitious, highly focused effort to identify genetic changes that occur from the formation of a single mutation to full-fledged cancer.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brain scan can tell if a smoker will quit (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain scans showing neural reactions to pro-health messages can predict if you'll keep that resolution to quit smoking more accurately than you yourself can. That's according to a new study ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study uses new technology to peek deep into the brain

Changes within deep regions of the brain can now be visualized at the cellular level, based on research on mice, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health. Published Sunday in Nature Medicine, the study used a ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests earliest brain changes associated with the genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease

What are the earliest brain changes associated with the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease? A scientific report published in the October Journal of Alzheimer's Disease finds reduced activity of an energy-generating enzyme ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Acupuncture changes brain's perception and processing of pain

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers have captured pictures of the brain while patients experienced a pain stimulus with and without acupuncture to determine acupuncture's effect on how the brain ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

The real 'mommy brain': New mothers grew

Motherhood may actually cause the brain to grow, not turn it into mush, as some have claimed. Exploratory research published by the American Psychological Association found that the brains of new mothers bulked up in areas ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 20, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Researchers discover genetic changes that make some forms of brain cancer more aggressive

A multi-institutional team led by investigators from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has published a study that provides new insight into genetic changes that make some forms of glioblastoma, the most common type of ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kidneys from cardiac-death patients perform as well as those from brain-dead patients

The number of people on the kidney transplant waiting list in the UK continues to increase with over 7000 patients currently waiting for transplant and only 1600 kidney transplants performed from deceased donors each year. ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0