New treatment hope for people with recurring depression 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Research shows for the first time that a group-based psychological treatment, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), could be a viable alternative to prescription drugs for people suffering from long-term depression. | |
No place like home: New theory for how salmon, sea turtles find their birthplace 8 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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How marine animals find their way back to their birthplace to reproduce after migrating across thousands of miles of open ocean has mystified scientists for more than a century. But marine biologists at the University of ... | |
Rivers are carbon processors, not inert pipelines 13 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Microorganisms in rivers and streams play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle that has not previously been considered. Freshwater ecologist Dr. Tom Battin, of the University of Vienna, told a COST ESF Frontiers of Science ... | |
 Unravelling the mystery of mechatronics 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Futuristic projects such as a glamorous desktop personal assistant called Nicole, who can help with tasks around the office, will come under the spotlight at a conference at the Massey University ... | |
Scientists developing food allergy treatment 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of scientists from across Europe are embarking on new research to develop a treatment for food allergy. | |
Researchers discover how mosquitoes avoid succumbing to viruses they transmit 9 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Mosquitoes are like Typhoid Mary. They can spread viruses which cause West Nile fever, dengue fever, or yellow fever without themselves getting sick. Scientists long thought that the mosquito didn't care whether it had a ... | |
Opening up the last part of the spectrum 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New European research on the last, hidden part of the electromagnetic spectrum is producing new, safe and non-destructive tests for medicine, security and industrial quality control. | |
 Scientists discover possible mechanism for creating 'handedness' in biological molecules 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) --The basic molecules that make up all living things have a predetermined chirality or "handedness,” similar to the way people are right- or left-handed. This chirality has a profound influence ... | |
 December: Ursid meteor shower out-performs the Geminids 11 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The annual Geminid meteor shower, which will reach its maximum on the night of Dec. 13-14, usually offers the best show of the year, outperforming even the Perseid shower of August. | |
Using challenging concepts to learn promotes understanding of new material 14 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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It's a question that confronts parents and teachers everywhere- what is the best method of teaching kids new skills? Is it better for children to learn gradually, starting with easy examples and slowly progressing to more ... | |
 Can you hear me now? How the inner ear's sensors are made 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A UCLA study shows for the first time how microscopic crystals form sound and gravity sensors inside the inner ear. Located at the ends of cilia — tiny cellular hairs in the ear that move and transmit signals ... | |
 Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program 19 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The world's most comprehensive legalized heroin program became permanent Sunday with overwhelming approval from Swiss voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana. | |
Study shows how shift workers can improve job performance and implement a realistic sleep schedule 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A study in the Dec. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that the use of light exposure therapy, dark sunglasses and a strict sleep schedule can help night-shift workers create a "compromise circadian phase position," ... | |
Zimbabwe cuts water supplies to capital 19 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Zimbabwe has cut water supplies to the nation's capital Harare, state media reported Monday, leaving most of the city dry as authorities struggle to contain a cholera epidemic. | |
MRI shows new types of injuries in young gymnasts 19 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Adolescent gymnasts are developing a wide variety of arm, wrist and hand injuries that are beyond the scope of previously described gymnastic-related trauma, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the ... | |
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