Remains found near the Arctic Circle characteristic of Mousterian culture have recently been dated at…
Month: May 2011
Lasers take the lead in auto manufacturing
Conserving energy is a top priority for auto manufacturers today. Laser technology can help. Lasers…
Doctors’ decisions on initial hospital admissions may affect readmission rates
Higher hospitalization rates for discretionary conditions may lead to higher readmission rates, a new has…
Controling robotic arms is child’s play
Move your arm and the robot imitates your movement. This type of intuitive handling is…
Sense of smell: Single giant interneuron in locusts controls activity in 50,000 neurons, enabling sparse codes for odours
The brain is a coding machine: it translates physical inputs from the world into visual,…
Be specific: Perceived media bias can lead to political action
Politicians should be careful when they rail against mainstream news media. A new study shows…
First North American study to look at emergency department use by adults with intellectual disabilities
In the first North American study to examine population rates of emergency department (ED) use…
As time goes by, it gets tougher to remember new information
The older we get, the more difficulty we seem to have remembering things. We reassure…
Artificial grammar reveals inborn language sense, study shows
How human children acquire language remains largely a mystery. A groundbreaking study by cognitive scientists…
Research breakthrough on male infertility: Small set of genes in cells’ mitochondria are key
Around one in 20 men is infertile, but despite the best efforts of scientists, in…