Imagination Can Change What We Hear and See

Imagination Can Change What We Hear and See

  1:24:00 PM    Science Lover

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A study from Karolinska Institut in Sweden shows, that our imagination may affect how we experience the world more than we perhaps think. What we imagine hearing or seeing "in our head" can change our actual perception. The study, which is published in the scientific...

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A Telescope for Your Eye: New Contact Lens Design May Improve Sight of Patients With Macular Degeneration

A Telescope for Your Eye: New Contact Lens Design May Improve Sight of Patients With Macular Degeneration

  9:04:00 PM    Science Lover

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Contact lenses correct many people's eyesight but do nothing to improve the blurry vision of those suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness among older adults in the western world. That's because simply correcting the eye's...

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Breaking habits before they start

Breaking habits before they start

  7:57:00 AM    Science Lover

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Our daily routines can become so ingrained that we perform them automatically, such as taking the same route to work every day. Some behaviors, such as smoking or biting your fingernails, become so habitual that we can't stop even if we want to. Although breaking...

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Video Game Tech Used to Steer Cockroaches On Autopilot

Video Game Tech Used to Steer Cockroaches On Autopilot

  8:01:00 PM    Science Lover

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North Carolina State University researchers are using video game technology to remotely control cockroaches on autopilot, with a computer steering the cockroach through a controlled environment. The researchers are using the technology to track how roaches respond to...

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Action needed to help tobacco users quit across the globe

Action needed to help tobacco users quit across the globe

  12:19:00 AM    Science Lover

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More than half of the countries who signed the WHO 2005 Framework Convention on Tobacco Control have not formed plans to help tobacco users quit. The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is a treaty developed to tackle the...

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Consider a Text for Teen Suicide Prevention and Intervention, Research Suggests

Consider a Text for Teen Suicide Prevention and Intervention, Research Suggests

  11:38:00 PM    Science Lover

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Adolescents Commonly Use Social Media to Reach Out When They are Depressed "Obviously this is a place where adolescents are expressing their feelings. It leads me to believe that we need to think about using social media as an intervention and as a way to connect...

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More data storage? Here's how to fit 1,000 terabytes on a DVD

More data storage? Here's how to fit 1,000 terabytes on a DVD

  1:17:00 AM    Science Lover

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We live in a world where digital information is exploding. Some 90% of the world's data was generated in the past two years. The obvious question is: how can we store it all? Using nanotechnology, researchers have developed a technique to increase the data storage...

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Beyond Silicon: Transistors, No Semiconductors

Beyond Silicon: Transistors, No Semiconductors

  11:59:00 PM    Science Lover

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For decades, electronic devices have been getting smaller, and smaller, and smaller. It's now possible -- even routine -- to place millions of transistors on a single silicon chip. Electrons flash across a series of gold quantum dots on boron  nitride nanotubes....

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The Link Between Circadian Rhythms and Aging: Gene Associated With Longevity Also Regulates the Body's Circadian Clock

The Link Between Circadian Rhythms and Aging: Gene Associated With Longevity Also Regulates the Body's Circadian Clock

  12:39:00 AM    Science Lover

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Human sleeping and waking patterns are largely governed by an internal circadian clock that corresponds closely with the 24-hour cycle of light and darkness. This circadian clock also controls other body functions, such as metabolism and temperature regulation. A...

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A Battery Made of Wood?

A Battery Made of Wood?

  9:04:00 AM    Science Lover

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A sliver of wood coated with tin could make a tiny, long-lasting, efficient and environmentally friendly battery. Close-up image of wood fibers. "Wood fibers that make up a tree once held mineral-rich water, and so are ideal for storing liquid electrolytes, making...

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IQ Link to Baby's Weight Gain in First Month

IQ Link to Baby's Weight Gain in First Month

  10:00:00 AM    Science Lover

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New research from the University of Adelaide shows that weight gain and increased head size in the first month of a baby's life is linked to a higher IQ at early school age. IQ Link to Baby's Weight Gain in First Month (Credit: © JPC-PROD / Fotolia) The study was...

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A Robot That Runs Like a Cat

A Robot That Runs Like a Cat

  8:22:00 AM    Science Lover

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Thanks to its legs, whose design faithfully reproduces feline morphology, EPFL's four-legged "cheetah-cub robot" has the same advantages as its model: it is small, light and fast. Still in its experimental stage, the robot will serve as a platform for research in ...

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New Layer of the Human Cornea Discovered

New Layer of the Human Cornea Discovered

  10:24:00 AM    Science Lover

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Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a previously undetected layer in the cornea, the clear window at the front of the human eye. Scientists have discovered a previously undetected layer in the cornea, the clear window at the front of the human...

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Brain-Computer Interfaces: Just Wave a Hand

Brain-Computer Interfaces: Just Wave a Hand

  10:06:00 AM    Science Lover

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Small electrodes placed on or inside the brain allow patients to interact with computers or control robotic limbs simply by thinking about how to execute those actions. This technology could improve communication and daily life for a person who is paralyzed or has...

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Gene Variants Linked to Educational Attainment

Gene Variants Linked to Educational Attainment

  7:49:00 AM    Science Lover

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A multi-national team of researchers has identified genetic markers that predict educational attainment by pooling data from more than 125,000 individuals in the United States, Australia, and 13 western European countries. A multi-national team of researchers has...

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