News tagged with culture
Using digitized books as 'cultural genome,' researchers unveil quantitative approach to humanities
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have created a powerful new approach to scholarship, using approximately 4 percent of all books ever published as a digital "fossil record" of human culture. By tracking the frequency ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Small details between 'in vivo' and 'in vitro' studies make for big differences
Small details between "in vivo" and "in vitro" studies make for big differences in understanding diabetes and other secretory dysfunctions
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Space technologies help historians to virtually reassemble tomb monuments
A group of Renaissance Tomb-Monuments in Suffolk is being analysed with tools developed in Space Science, to unlock their mysterious past and offer new insights into the Tudor Reformation.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Understanding the human neurosystem: From the brain of a locust
In the human brain, mechanical stress -- the amount of pressure applied to a particular area -- requires a delicate balance. Just the right force keeps neurons together and functioning as a system within the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Stanford researchers first to turn normal cells into 3-D cancers in tissue culture dishes
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have successfully transformed normal human tissue into three-dimensional cancers in a tissue culture dish for the first time. Watching how the cells behave as they ...
Nov 21, 2010 |
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Peru president says Yale to return Inca artifacts
(AP) -- Peru's president announced Friday that Yale University has agreed to return thousands of artifacts taken away from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu nearly a century ago.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 20, 2010 |
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Bioengineers provide adult stem cells with simultaneous chemical, electrical and mechanical cues
Bioengineers from the University of California, San Diego have achieved the "Triple Crown" of stem cell culture – they created an artificial environment for stem cells that simultaneously provides the ...
Nov 16, 2010 |
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DNA reveals Neolithic farmers' near Eastern affinities
During an international research project, scientists from the Institute of Anthropology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the University of Adelaide worked with a number of additional partners to research the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Multiple fathers prevalent in Amazonian cultures
In modern culture, it is not considered socially acceptable for married people to have extramarital sexual partners. However, in some Amazonian cultures, extramarital sexual affairs were common, and people believed that when ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Replacing faulty neurons
Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, have shown that neurons called Purkinje cells can not only be generated from embryonic stem (ES) cells, but can also become fully integrated ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 05, 2010 |
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Cancer drug linked to quantum dots increases drug uptake, reduces inflammation
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have developed a novel technology using quantum dots that is expected to have major implications for research and treatment of tuberculosis, as well as other inflammatory ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Consumer sentiment shaped by differing cultural attitudes toward power
In the battle of egos, Donald Trump vs. Hugo Chavez might be a draw. But as symbols of power, each resonates differently with different cultures, as cultures nurture different views of what is desirable and ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Friends share personal details to strengthen relationships in US, but not in Japan
In the United States, friends often share intimate details of their lives and problems. However, such self-disclosure is much less common in Japan. A new study by an American researcher living in Japan finds that this may ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2010 |
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The world is not flat: Exploring cells and tissues in three dimensions
The cells and tissues in our bodies grow, develop and interact in a highly complex, three-dimensional world. Likewise, the various microbial pathogens that invade our bodies and cause infectious disease interact ...
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder the world over
Western culture is increasingly obsessed with physical appearance and beauty, but vanity is nothing new, nor is it limited to just one culture. Moreover, differences in our perception of physical beauty have an enormous impact ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2010 |
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