Brain scans confirm significant differences in play behavior, brain activation patterns and stress levels in…
Month: January 2015
Majority of homeless adults with mental illness have high rates of cognitive deficits
Nearly three-quarters of homeless adults with mental illness in Canada show evidence of cognitive deficits,…
Cochlear implant users can hear, feel the beat in music
People who use cochlear implants for profound hearing loss do respond to certain aspects of…
Partly wrong with a chance of being right: Weather forecast
The inaccuracy of weather forecasts has personal implications for people around the world. New research…
Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
Using one of the largest supercomputers in the world, a team of researchers has identified…
Swarm of microprobes to head for Jupiter
A swarm of tiny probes each with a different sensor could be fired into the…
Climate models disagree on why temperature ‘wiggles’ occur
Most climate models likely underestimate the degree of decade-to-decade variability occurring in mean surface temperatures…
Would you tell your manager you had a mental health problem?
Although nearly four in 10 workers wouldn’t tell their manager if they had a mental…
Meteosat-7 becomes EUMETSAT’s longest-serving operational satellite
On 24 January 2015, Meteosat-7 becomes the longest-serving operational satellite in EUMETSAT history, clocking up…
How tropical parasite hijacks cells
Scientists have pinned down how a dangerous tropical parasite which is transmitted by ticks manages…