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Scientists Shed New Light On Right Brain Activity

It’s a world first: thanks to new technology developed by the University of Victoria, Canada, researchers can now show how multiple parts of the right brain dynamically process spatial relationships.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Unsafe at any speed: Even for driving pros, distractions increase crash risk

(Phys.org) -- The ringing cell phone you're reaching to answer. The text message that demands a reply now. The GPS you're trying to program as you're frantically rushing to your destination.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Transformer Pad TF300 a weak replacement for laptop

Asus' new Transformer Pad TF300 is among the first of a new class of convertible devices that are heading toward store shelves.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Finding a positive parental balance

(Phys.org) -- Wondering why your toddler is acting up? University of Alberta researcher Christina Rinaldi says it may be time to take a look at your parental style—and your partner’s.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Students to demonstrate smart camera trap at new engineering competition

(Phys.org) -- Forget about building a better mouse trap. University of California, San Diego sophomore Riley Yeakle and his teammates have come up with a better camera trap, and they will be facing off with ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Redefining time

Atomic clocks based on the oscillations of a cesium atom keep amazingly steady time and also define the precise length of a second. But cesium clocks are no longer the most accurate. That title has been transferred ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 41 | with audio podcast

Vibrating steering wheel guides drivers while keeping their eyes on the road

A vibrating steering wheel is an effective way to keep a driver's eyes safely on the road by providing an additional means to convey directions from a car's navigation system, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Robots in the classroom

Tore Fløan smiles at me: “In the past we competed with European organizations, but now we have the Chinese breathing down our necks,” he says.

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter brings 'earthrise' to everyone

Imagine yourself in orbit, your spacecraft flying backward with its small window facing down toward the surface of the moon. You peer out, scouring the ash-colored contours of the cratered landscape for traces of ancient ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why is Great Barrier Reef 'not so great'

(Phys.org) -- Researchers at James Cook University have questioned why coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef has continued to decline when it is recognised as “the best managed coral reef system in the world”.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Darpa seeks robot enthusiasts to face off for $2m prize

Hardware, software, modeling and gaming developers sought to link with emergency response and science communities to design robots capable of supervised autonomous response to simulated disaster.    

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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