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Brain exercises are 'waste of time' says Scottish professor
Guardian Unlimited - 10 Hours ago
Brain exercises, such as those taught to thousands of schoolchildren or advertised on television to adults as a way to prevent dementia, are a waste of time and money, a neuroscientist has claimed. An
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Singapore Medical Device Maker for Neurological Patients Wins Silicon Valley Entrepreneurial
Nanowerk - 4 Hours ago
Singapore won the 4th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge (IBTEC) last night. The neurological medical device company was judged by a team of venture capitalists from the San
Singapore Medical Device Maker for Neurological Patients Wins Business Wire via MSN Money
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IBM to Build "Thinking" Computers Modeled on the Brain
Nanotechnology News - 6 Hours ago
IBM has won a $4.9 million government grant from DARPA to begin the first phase of research on 'cognitive computing'- essentially building computers that work like living brains. The new brain-like computers
IBM to build computer circuits that mimic brains Kyrgyzstan News
DARPA enlists IBM to build computer brain as smart as a cat Engadget
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Researchers ID Suite of Genes in Aging Process
MedicineNet.com - 9 Hours ago
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic biomarkers that are highly accurate in determining physiological age have been identified by researchers at California's Buck Institute for Age Research,
Researchers ID Suite of Genes in Aging Process (HealthDay) Yahoo!
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Bulgarian Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Chariot
KMSP-TV - 6 Hours ago
But he said archaeologists were struggling to keep up with looters, who often ransack ancient sites before the experts can get to them. The bronze-plated wooden chariot is decorated with scenes from Thracian
Ancient bronze chariot unearthed in Bulgaria Yahoo! UK and Ireland
Ancient Chariot Found in Bulgaria Discovery Channel
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Astral discovery: Copernicus skeleton identified
Guardian Unlimited - 11/22/2008
Scientists appear to have solved a mystery that has lasted more than 400 years by identifying the skeleton of Nicolaus Copernicus, founder of modern astronomy. The key to the puzzle were two strands of
16th-century skeleton identified as Copernicus Guardian Unlimited
16th-century skeleton identified as astronomer Copernicus Guardian Unlimited
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IBM lands Darpa brain simulation contract
Silicon.com - 11/21/2008
IBM and five university partners have been awarded a Darpa contract to work on a cognitive computing project that will, essentially, attempt to simulate the brain's power and efficiency. According to
IBM seeks to simulate brain EDN.com
IBM lands Darpa 'build a brain' contract Silicon.com
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Bipolar genes identified
UPI - 11 Hours ago
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've created a comprehensive biological model of bipolar disorder. Neuroscientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine 'combined data from
Biopolar genes identified The Money Times
Bipolar disorder genes, pathways identified PhysOrg.com
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Grant helps archaeologists dig into archives
University of York - 11/22/2008
Funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support a project at the University of York to find exciting new ways of making academic research material available online. The New York-based Foundation
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Tomb of King Herod's wife unearthed, Israeli archaeologist says
Los Angeles Times - 11/21/2008
Reporting from Beit Sahour, West Bank An Israeli archaeologist said this week he had unearthed what he believed were the 2,000-year-old remains of two tombs which had held a wife and daughter-in-law of
Tomb of King Herod's wife unearthed Los Angeles Times
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Greek archaeologists find 6500yearold fishing village
Telegraph - 11/21/2008
years after the settlement was eventually abandoned, researchers have unearthed the remains of houses built of wood and unbaked clay, together with pottery vases, ovens and stone tools, the Culture Ministry
Greek archaeologists find 6,500-year-old village South Carolina Enquirer-Herald
Archaeologists find 6,500-year-old Greek village The Detroit Free Press
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Stopping Germs From Ganging Up on Humans
University of Arizona - 10 Hours ago
John W. Pepper, a UA assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology UA researcher John W. Pepper has proposed a new way to kill germs. Keeping germs from cooperating can delay the evolution of
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Memory chip of future promises massive storage capacity
NetIndia123.com - 13 Hours ago
Rice University researchers, who are currently developing the device, said the solid-state device takes advantage of the conducting properties of graphene and would have many advantages over today's state-of-the-art
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Pitt Research Maps Out Evolution Of Genders From Hermaphroditic Ancestors
Medical News Today - 14 Hours ago
Research from the University of Pittsburgh published in the Nov. 20 edition of Heredity could finally provide evidence of the first stages of the evolution of separate sexes, a theory that holds that
Two from one: new research maps out evolution of genders from hermaphroditic ancestors PhysOrg.com
Two from one: Pitt research maps out evolution of genders from hermaphroditic ancestors Genetic Engineering News
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Olympus Presents Frontiers in Neuroscience
Select Science - 16 Hours ago
Olympus, a world leader in research microscopy, is presenting Frontiers in Neuroscience, an opportunity during the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting for researchers to study with leaders developing
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Careless boys pose new sex risk
Swiss Info - 19 Hours ago
A study of Swiss teenagers' sexual habits has found worrying behaviour among young boys who are sexually active but know little about contraception. Researchers say the findings show sex education should
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Wnts and the Brain Vasculature
Science Magazine - 19 Hours ago
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Blood Group ABO Antigen Expression in Human Embryonic Stem Cells and in Differentiated
Transplantation - 11/22/2008
Background. The use of stem cells in regenerative medicine and transplantation may require grafting of cells that will challenge the recipient's immune system. Our knowledge of tissue antigen expression
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Upregulation of Molecules Associated With T-Regulatory Function by Thymoglobulin
Transplantation - 11/22/2008
Background. This study evaluated the immunologic effects of thymoglobulin in modulating human CD4+ cells. Methods. Human CD4+ cells were purified from peripheral blood mononuclear cells by negative selection
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Suppressive Efficacy and Proliferative Capacity of Human Regulatory T Cells in Allogeneic
Transplantation - 11/22/2008
Lin, Yih-Jyh Hara, Hidetaka Tai, Hao-Chih Long, Cassandra Tokita, Daisuke Yeh, Peter Ayares, David Morelli, Adrian E. Cooper, David K.C. 1 Abstract: Background. An understanding of the mechanisms that
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Hormonal Therapy to the Brain-Dead Potential Organ Donor: The Misnomer of the "Papworth
Transplantation - 11/22/2008
Novitzky, Dimitri; Cooper, David K.C.; Wicomb, Winston
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Molecular memory a game-changer
PhysOrg.com - 11/22/2008
Nanotechnology / Physics A team at Rice University has determined that a strip of graphite only 10 atoms thick can serve as the basic element in a new type of memory, making massive amounts of storage
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Forgotten But Not Gone: How The Brain Re-learns
Science Daily - 11/22/2008
ScienceDaily (Nov. 22, 2008) â?? Thanks to our ability to learn and to remember, we can perform tasks that other living things can not even dream of. However, we are only just beginning to get the gist
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Memory Mission Explores New Territory In Neuroscience
Science Daily - 11/22/2008
ScienceDaily (Nov. 20, 2008) â?? Astrophysicists peer into the far corners of deep space for dark matter, but for neuroscientists at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) exploring the unknown is much
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New 'Molecular Memory' Only 10 Atoms Thick: Massive Storage Possible
Science Daily - 11/22/2008
ScienceDaily (Nov. 21, 2008) â?? A team at Rice University has determined that a strip of graphite only 10 atoms thick can serve as the basic element in a new type of memory, making massive amounts of
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