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New study sheds light on brain's response to distress, unexpected events (w/ Video)

In a new study, psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are able to see in detail for the first time how various regions of the human brain respond when people experience an unexpected or traumatic ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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In future, phones can identify the Troubadour on the tree top

In spring, the sound of birds serenading fills the air. The Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics is developing a system that can recognize a bird species based on a song segment. The system can be ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research: Too much, too little noise turns off consumers, creativity

The sound of silence isn't so golden for consumers, and both marketers and advertisers should take note, says new research from a University of Illinois expert in new product development and marketing.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Dancing droplets rock out on space station

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA has taught more than half a million internet viewers how microgravity affects scientific principles by using everyday objects on the International Space Station. In the latest ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers revolutionize closed captioning

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since closed video captioning was developed in the 1970s, it hasn't changed much. The words spoken by the characters or narrators scroll along at the bottom of the screen, enabling hearing ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Tiny, implantable medical device can propel itself through bloodstream

Someday, your doctor may turn to you and say, "Take two surgeons and call me in the morning." If that day arrives, you may just have Ada Poon to thank.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Small things, big thinking

Finely tuned for touch and smell, the fly foot has sensors that can detect both chemical and mechanical changes in the environment.  The outcome of more than three billion years of evolution, these sensors are far smaller ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Internet address expansion set despite ".worries." (Update)

Bidding will begin this week for words and brand names such as ".sport," ".NYC" and ".bank" to join ".com" as online monikers.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 10

Sky light sky bright - in the office

Working under the open sky – it sounds enticing, but it’s seldom really a practical option. Now, a dynamic luminous ceiling brings the sky into office spaces by creating the effect of passing clouds. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Study of comic books helps Stanford scholars identify cultural trends

Robots and mythical creatures battle each other in cartoon-like drawings spread across a table. A crowd gathers around to take a closer look at the vibrantly colored images from the pages of the award-winning ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Supercomputer reveals new details behind drug-processing protein model

Supercomputer simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are giving scientists unprecedented access to a key class of proteins involved in drug detoxification.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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