News tagged with natural situation
Japan gadget charges cellphone over campfire
A Japanese company has come up with a new way to charge your mobile phone after a natural disaster or in the great outdoors -- by heating a pot of water over a campfire.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Drug reduces the increase in fear caused by previous traumatic experiences in mice
Living a traumatic experience favours the persistence of fear associated with an aversive stimulus, known as fear conditioning and such effect, in mice, can be suppressed with a single dosis of 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone, a type ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Mom was right: Why nice guys usually get the girls
(PhysOrg.com) -- Female water striders often reject their most persistent and aggressive suitors and prefer the males who aren't so grabby, according to new research. Water striders are insects commonly seen ...
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Changes in brain chemicals mark shifts in infant learning
When do you first leave the nest? Early in development infants of many species experience important transitions—such as learning when to leave the protective presence of their mother to start exploring the wider world. Neuroscientists ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Cyborg Crickets Could Form Mobile Communications Network, Save Human Lives
(PhysOrg.com) -- By taking advantage of the way crickets communicate, researchers are building "cyborg crickets" that could form a mobile communications network for emergency situations, such as detecting ...
Jul 13, 2009 |
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