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Reading Arabic isn't easy

A series of studies published in Neuropsychology has shown that because of the visual complexity of Arabic orthography, the brain's right hemisphere is not involved in decoding the text in the first stages of learning to rea ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast




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Book sharing could boost prospects of world's poorest children

Teaching parents how to share books with their infants could have a dramatic effect on improving literacy rates in developing countries, University of Reading researchers have found.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Making a game of research

Tablet computers are being adopted by behavioural scientists at Norway's University of Stavanger (UiS) as a more efficient way of obtaining information from young children.

Technology / Software

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google+ 'Hangouts' grow in popularity

David Resnick used it to break through the anxiety and isolation of people who stutter. Joe Saad launched a business. M. Monica Malone, an extrovert whose damaged immune system left her a shut-in, found a ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Intel packs performance and reliability into its latest SSD 520 series

Intel Corporation announced today its fastest, most robust client/consumer solid-state drive (SSD) to date, the Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series (Intel SSD 520), a 6 gigabit-per-second (gbps) SATA III SSD ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Something old, something new: Evolution and the structural divergence of duplicate genes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gene duplications are arguably the driving force of organismal evolution – and if they survive, such duplicate genes will diverge in both regulatory and coding genomic regions. Coding ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

New study supports link between inequality and crime

(PhysOrg.com) -- Compelling new evidence of a link between inequality and crime in England invites reconsideration of the individualistic 'tough on crime' stances of recent New Labour and Conservative governments - according ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Quasicrystal is extraterrestrial in origin

A rare and exotic mineral, so unusual that it was thought impossible to exist, came to Earth on a meteorite, according to an international team of researchers led by Princeton University scientists. The discovery ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (37) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Clever math could enable a high-quality 3-D camera for cellphones

When Microsoft’s Kinect -- a device that lets Xbox users control games with physical gestures -- hit the market, computer scientists immediately began hacking it. A black plastic bar about 11 inches wide ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Bankers' bonuses not to blame, shows new research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research from the University of Bath counters the claim that large bonuses in the banking industry are at the root of the global financial crisis.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Berkshire buys 5 pct of IBM, takes other stakes

(AP) -- Warren Buffett said Monday that his company has spent $10.7 billion to buy more than 5 percent of IBM's stock this year, a surprising move by the billionaire investor who has long shied away from ...

Technology / Business

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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