News tagged with human activity
A knockout resource for mouse genetics
An international consortium of researchers report today in Nature that they have knocked out almost 40 per cent of the genes in the mouse genome. The completed resource will power studies of gene activity in models of hum ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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HIV patients with lymphoma given new hope
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is widely treated using highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), which patients must continue throughout their lives. Now a new study suggests the patients’ own ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 18, 2010 |
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International scientists set boundaries for survival
Human activities have already pushed the Earth system beyond three of the planet's biophysical thresholds, with consequences that are detrimental or even catastrophic for large parts of the world; six others ...
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Baby's first dreams: Research reveals sleep cycles in early fetus
After about seven months growing in the womb, a human fetus spends most of its time asleep. Its brain cycles back and forth between the frenzied activity of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and the quiet resting ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Researchers find that the unexpected is a key to human learning
The human brain's sensitivity to unexpected outcomes plays a fundamental role in the ability to adapt and learn new behaviors, according to a new study by a team of psychologists and neuroscientists from the University of ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 13, 2009 |
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Hitachi unveils headset to study brain activity
A Japanese research team on Wednesday unveiled a headset they say can measure activity in the brain and could be used to improve performance in the classroom or on the sports field.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Neolithic humans lived a communal life: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds evidence that the previous assumption that stone and mud-brick buildings built nearly 12,000 years ago we ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 03, 2011 |
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Super sense of smell not innate
World-class "noses" in the perfume and wine business are not born with an outsized sense of smell but acquire it through years of professional sniffing, according to new research.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Archaeological study shows human activity may have boosted shellfish size
In a counter-intuitive finding, new research from North Carolina State University shows that a species of shellfish widely consumed in the Pacific over the past 3,000 years has actually increased in size, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 31, 2010 |
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Odors classified by networks of neurons
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), are unraveling how odors are processed by the brain. As they report in Nature, odors in the olfactory brain are cl ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 04, 2010 |
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New computational method to uncover gene regulation
Scientists have developed a new computational model to uncover gene regulation, the key to how our body develops - and how it can go wrong.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 23, 2010 |
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Man-Made Activities Affect Blue Haze (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Blue haze," a common occurrence that appears over heavily forested areas around the world, is formed by natural emissions of chemicals, but human activities can worsen it to the point of affecting the world's ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Brain wave patterns can predict blunders, new study finds
From spilling a cup of coffee to failing to notice a stop sign, everyone makes an occasional error due to lack of attention. Now a team led by a researcher at the University of California, Davis, in collaboration ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 23, 2009 |
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With genomes, bigger may really be better
Biologists analyzing DNA in search of the molecular underpinnings of life have consistently favored species with small genomes, which are cheaper to sequence and lack the repetitive "junk" that clutters bigger genomes. But ...
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Survey: Scientists agree human-induced global warming is real
While the harsh winter pounding many areas of North America and Europe seemingly contradicts the fact that global warming continues unabated, a new survey finds consensus among scientists about the reality of climate change ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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