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Study shows brief training in meditation may help manage pain

Living with pain is stressful, but a surprisingly short investment of time in mental training can help you cope.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Researchers prove new circuit pattern-design process, see promise for 14 nanometer design with directed self-assembly

(Phys.org) -- Researchers sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) announced that they have successfully created contact hole patterns for a wide variety of practical logic and memory devices ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

First, fast, and faster

(Phys.org) -- Scientists in PML's Quantum Measurement Division have produced the first superluminal light pulses made by using a technique called four-wave mixing, creating two separate pulses whose peaks ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | comments 33 | with audio podcast

Team creates computerized method for matching images in photos, paintings, sketches

Computers can mimic the human ability to find visually similar images, such as photographs of a fountain in summer and in winter, or a photograph and a painting of the same cathedral, by using a technique that analyzes the ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stalemate over organic farming slows progress in effort to combat food insecurity in Central Africa

The polarized debate over the use of organic and inorganic practices to boost farm yields is slowing action and widespread farmer adoption of approaches that could radically transform Africa's food security situation, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Burglars hunt down rhinos in museums

It was a daring daytime robbery at the natural science museum.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 31, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Eco-driving: Ready for prime time?

The time may finally be right to sell Americans on eco-driving, according to a group of transportation experts from four University of California campuses as well as representatives from industry and government ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Demystifying meditation -- brain imaging illustrates how meditation reduces pain

Meditation produces powerful pain-relieving effects in the brain, according to new research published in the April 6 edition of the Journal of Neuroscience.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Having trouble achieving work-life balance? Knowing your strategies is key

Essays are being written, final exams are looming and classes are reaching their busy conclusion. With conflicting demands from work, home and the classroom, this hectic time of year can be filled with stress. But according ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spinal cord processes information just like areas of the brain

Patrick Stroman's work mapping the function and information processing of the spinal cord could improve treatment for spinal cord injuries.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Managing anxiety on the run

The next time you’re nervously prepping for an exam or a crucial job interview, consider this: Taking a break to exercise may help you stay calm and focused as you complete your big task.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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