Nude-Colored Hospital Gowns Could Help Doctors Better Detect Hard-to-See Symptoms

Nude-Colored Hospital Gowns Could Help Doctors Better Detect Hard-to-See Symptoms

  10:28:00 AM    Science Lover

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Changing the hue of hospital gowns and bed sheets to match a patient's skin color could greatly enhance a physician's ability to detect cyanosis and other health-related skin color changes, according to a new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A new study from...

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Personality Impacts Brain Shrinkage in Aging?

Personality Impacts Brain Shrinkage in Aging?

  9:15:00 PM    Science Lover

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Psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis have found an intriguing possibility that personality and brain aging during the golden years may be linked. Studying MRI images of 79 volunteers between the ages of 44 and 88 -- who also had provided personality and demographic...

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How We Can Sense Temperatures: Discovery Could Lead to Novel Therapies for Acute and Chronic Pain

How We Can Sense Temperatures: Discovery Could Lead to Novel Therapies for Acute and Chronic Pain

  8:22:00 PM    Science Lover

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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) have shed new light on the molecular mechanism that enables us to sense temperature, such as the heat from a sizzling stove. In addition to contributing to...

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Particulate Matter from Fires in the Amazon Affects Lightning Patterns

Particulate Matter from Fires in the Amazon Affects Lightning Patterns

  11:43:00 PM    Science Lover

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Native Americans used smoke signals to indicate danger, and a white plume is sent up by the Vatican when a new Pope is chosen. Now, a new research project by Tel Aviv University researchers and their colleagues shows that where there's "smoke" there may be significant consequences...

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4G Wireless: It's Not Just for Phones Anymore

4G Wireless: It's Not Just for Phones Anymore

  3:33:00 PM    Science Lover

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Verizon says its next wireless network technology could link up cars, home appliances, and more. Credit: Technology Review Verizon is gearing up to launch its next wireless network technology, called Long Term Evolution (LTE), by the end of this year. While Verizon will,...

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Novel Negative-Index Metamaterial Bends Light 'Wrong' Direction

Novel Negative-Index Metamaterial Bends Light 'Wrong' Direction

  7:48:00 PM    Science Lover

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A group of scientists led by researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has engineered a type of artificial optical material -- a metamaterial -- with a particular three-dimensional structure such that light exhibits a negative index of refraction...

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Researchers Create 'Sound Bullets': Highly Focused Acoustic Pulses Could Be Used as Sonic Scalpels and More

Researchers Create 'Sound Bullets': Highly Focused Acoustic Pulses Could Be Used as Sonic Scalpels and More

  10:43:00 AM    Science Lover

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Taking inspiration from a popular executive toy ("Newton's cradle"), researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have built a device -- called a nonlinear acoustic lens -- that produces highly focused, high-amplitude acoustic signals dubbed "sound bullets." Potential...

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Bizarre Matter Could Find Use in Quantum Computers

Bizarre Matter Could Find Use in Quantum Computers

  8:43:00 PM    Science Lover

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There are enticing new findings in the search for materials that support fault-tolerant quantum computing. New results from Rice University and Princeton University indicate that a bizarre state of matter that acts like a particle with one-quarter electron charge also has...

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Electronic 'Nose' Can Predict Pleasantness of Novel Odors

Electronic 'Nose' Can Predict Pleasantness of Novel Odors

  8:35:00 PM    Science Lover

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Weizmann Institute scientists have 'trained' an electronic system to be able to predict the pleasantness of novel odors, just like a human would perceive them -- turning the popular notion that smell is completely personal and culture-specific on its head. In research published...

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First Direct Recording Made of Mirror Neurons in Human Brain

First Direct Recording Made of Mirror Neurons in Human Brain

  12:49:00 PM    Science Lover

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Mirror neurons, many say, are what make us human. They are the cells in the brain that fire not only when we perform a particular action but also when we watch someone else perform that same action. Mirror neurons, many say, are what make us human.  (Credit: Image...

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Exotic Quantum Spin-Liquid Simulated: A Starting Point for Superconductivity?

Exotic Quantum Spin-Liquid Simulated: A Starting Point for Superconductivity?

  5:07:00 PM    Science Lover

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An exotic state of matter that physicists call a "quantum spin-liquid" can be realized by electrons in a honeycomb crystal structure. The simulation of the quantum spin-liquid was performed  on a flat honeycomb structure, where the electrons show a dynamical phase...

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