http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=69&catid=270News Feed for - Human-scienceshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96686712&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T19:16:00One was a middle-aged man who refused to get into the shower. The other was a teenager who was afraid to get out. The man, Leonard, a writer living outside Chicago, found himself completely unable to Times of Indiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96652304&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T15:59:00Hammerhead sharks' distinctive T-shaped heads give the predators human-like vision, according to a new study. 'There have always been ideas about why hammerheads have funny-looking heads, but nobody has National Geographichttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96669005&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T14:53:00More from this issue of Mind November2009 Issue Head Lines The idea that the adult brain changes with experience was once a radical idea, but it is now well accepted that certain areassay, the motor cortex, Scientific Americanhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96613365&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T05:29:00A gay man tying the knot next week in Latin America's first same-sex marriage predicted Thursday that his ground-breaking wedding will inspire other homosexual couples to follow suit. "Our December 1 The Agehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96618675&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T02:29:00Current drug-based weight loss therapies try to stop the brain from sending hunger signals to the body. These therapies tend to be fairly ineffective. So, the researchers tried the reverse approach of Life Science Labhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96655984&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T20:47:00Image of the ferroelectric domains of the multiferroic compound BiFeO3. A. Mougin, CNRS 2009 (PhysOrg.com) -- Is it possible to make even more compact digital memories for portable electronic devices PhysOrg.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96688997&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T19:44:00Infectious Diseases: Martin Enserink A team of Dutch researchers has reignited a debate on the agricultural use of fungicides with a review in the December issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The Science Magazinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96589243&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T16:34:00Whitehead researchers have developed a new type of genetic screen for human cells to pinpoint specific genes and proteins used by pathogens, according to their paper in Science. In most human cell cultures Science Dailyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96666943&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T13:48:00Syngene is delighted to announce that its Dyversity 2D imaging system is being used by one of Europe�??s leading research institutes, the University of Lausanne in Switzerland for Analysing Triple Labelled Select Sciencehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96587225&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T13:13:00A new Spanish study has found that polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids in food, patented as an LMN diet, can boost the birth of new neurons, which could delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. MedIndiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96497481&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T12:16:00You wouldn't want a car with no brakes. It turns out that the developing brain needs them, too. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a set of molecular brakes that Medical News Todayhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96574410&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T09:38:00London, Nov 27 : Can brain scans help classify art? Well, researchers from ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan seem to have found the answer. Lead researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani Topnews.inhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96607291&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T07:48:00London debut a hit, says owner Drapers Anthropologie?s London debut a hit, says owner November 27, 2009 US giant Anthropologie?s debut in the UK has been hailed an early success by its parent company, Drapershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96503857&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T07:26:00A new study led by scientists in The Netherlands has revealed the mechanisms through which the brain creates 'auditory continuity illusion', where a physically interrupted sound is heard as continuing MediLexiconhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96472212&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T04:51:00London -- British scientists say they've found brain size is much less related to the complexity of an organism's thought and behavior than is currently assumed. Professor Lars Chittka of the Queen Mary's The Money Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96400431&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T04:10:00niversitat Aut�noma de Barcelona (UAB) researchers have confirmed that a diet rich in polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids, patented as an LMN diet, helps boost the production of the brain's stem Bionity.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96626423&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T05:14:00Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Human error might be the cause of the latest glitch, the fifth of its kind, on the Wen-Hu line of the Taipei MRT system, city authorities said Thursday. Tan Guo-guang, MyEGov Taiwanhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96537093&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T05:15:00We had the chance to talk with her earlier today at the Sixth Annual Turkey Trot and she was full of energy. "This is so encouraging, nice warm reception. I should have expected it because it's the Tri-Cities, KNDO KNDUhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96487118&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-27T02:46:00Finding may provide new insights into the neurological basis of ADHD, learning deficits, and more PASADENA, Calif. Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have uncovered evidence Caltech Daily Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96516760&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-26T00:54:00Viking. 388 pp. $27.95 About 5,000 years ago, societies in ancient Sumeria, China and South America invented writing, and in the millennia since, the ability to read has propelled human intellectual and Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96605573&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-26T23:38:00Homepage > Job search > Job description Faculty Position in Human Genetics/Genomics in Toronto : Employer: Website: http://www.sickkids.ca/resear... 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If you Science Magazinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96598380&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2702009-11-26T21:28:00Genetic screens can provide direct insight into biological processes that are poorly understood. Carette et al. (p. 1231) describe genetic screens using large-scale gene disruption in human cells haploid Science Magazine