News tagged with voluntary movement
Spinal fluid proteins signal Lou Gehrig's disease
High levels of certain proteins in the spinal fluid could signal the onset of Lou Gehrig's disease, according to researchers. The discovery of these biomarkers may lead to diagnostic kits for early diagnosis, accurately measuring ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Monkey lip smacks provide new insights into the evolution of human speech
Scientists have traditionally sought the evolutionary origins of human speech in primate vocalizations, such as monkey coos or chimpanzee hoots. But unlike these primate calls, human speech is produced using ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Computers excel at identifying smiles of frustration (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have trained computers to recognize smiles, and they have turned out to be more adept at recognizing smiles of frustration ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 25, 2012 |
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Md. becomes first to OK password protection bill
(AP) -- Maryland is poised to become the first state to ban employers from demanding applicants or workers hand over their log-in information for social media sites like Facebook.
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Anonymous, WikiLeaks team up
Anonymous defended WikiLeaks when it was facing a funding cutoff, but the release of the Stratfor emails appears to be the first direct collaboration between the hackers and the anti-secrecy site.
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Stock values rise when companies disclose 'green' information, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UC Davis study finds that it pays to be green, as companies that are open about their greenhouse gas emissions and carbon reduction strategies see stock values rise.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Stephen Hawking celebrates 70th birthday
British scientist Stephen Hawking celebrated his 70th birthday Sunday, an age many experts never expected the motor neurone disease sufferer to reach.
Jan 08, 2012 |
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'Unwell' Stephen Hawking misses 70th birthday event
British scientist Stephen Hawking was forced to miss a scientific debate to mark his 70th birthday Sunday due to ill health but sent an upbeat message saying he was living at a "glorious time".
Jan 08, 2012 |
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UN climate talks on edge heading into final hours
(AP) -- The United States, China and India could scuttle attempts to save the only treaty governing global warming, Europe's top negotiator said Friday hours before a 194-nation U.N. climate conference was ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Endangered species? Should cheap phosphorus be first on an elemental 'Red List?'
Should the periodic table bear a warning label in the 21st century or be revised with a lesson about elemental supply and demand? If so, that lesson could start with one element considered a staple of life – but growing ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Bursting neurons follow the same beat, sometimes
A simplified mathematical model of the brain's neural circuitry shows that repetitious, overlapped firing of neurons can lead to the waves of overly synchronized brain activity that may cause the halting movements that are ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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