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Contrary to common wisdom, scientist discovers some mammals can smell objects under water
12-20-2006 · EurekAlert!A Vanderbilt researcher has discovered that some stealthy mammals have been doing something heretofore thought impossible -- using the sense of smell under water.
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- Like humans, monkey see, monkey plan, monkey do
12-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
How many times a day do you grab objects such as a pencil or a cup? We perform these tasks without thinking, however the motor planning necessary to grasp an object is quite complex. For example, waiters will pick up an inverted glass with their thumb pointing down if they plan to pour water into the glass. Is this something that other animals, non-tool users, would do?
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- Carnegie Mellon algorithm identifies top 100 blogs for news
11-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
Being among the first to pick up on Internet news and gossip and rapidly detecting contamination anywhere in a water supply system are similar problems, at least from a computer scientist's point of view. Both can be solved with a versatile algorithm developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers.
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- New research discovers independent brain networks control human walking
08-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
In a study published in the August issue of Nature Neuroscience, researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Md., found that there are separate adaptable networks controlling each leg and there are also separate networks controlling leg movements, e.g., forward or backward walking. These findings are contrary to the currently accepted theory that leg movements and adaptations are directed by a single control circuit in the brain.
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- Nevada scientist part of team that discovers hybrid speciation in butterflies in Sierra
01-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
According to report published in recent issue of "Science," it is one of the clearest demonstrations of hybrid species formation shown in animals.
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- Study led by Scripps Research scientist reveals little-known cell networks vital to circadian rhythm
05-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
In a wide-ranging systems biology study of circadian rhythm, a multi-institutional collaboration led by Scripps Research Institute Professor Steve Kay has uncovered some little-known cellular mechanisms for sustaining circadian rhythm and limiting the impact of genetic clock mutations in mammals. The new findings could have important implications for future circadian studies, and point researchers toward new ways to manipulate human circadian rhythm at the molecular level to treat diseases such as bipolar disorder.
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- Nanotech promises big things for poor—but will promises be kept?
02-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
"Nanotechnology has the potential to generate enormous health benefits for the more than five billion people living in the developing world," according to Dr. Peter A. Singer, senior scientist at the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health and Professor of Medicine at University of Toronto. "Nanotechnology might provide less-industrialized countries with powerful new tools for diagnosing and treating disease, and might increase the availability of clean water."
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- Scientists discover new species of giant elephant-shrew
02-01-2008 · EurekAlert!
Although there is unquestionably much left to be discovered about life on Earth, charismatic animals like mammals are usually well documented, and it is rare to find a new species today -- especially from a group as intriguing as the elephant-shrews, monogamous mammals found only in Africa with a colorful history of misunderstood ancestry.
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- Model mimics neural processes in object recognition
02-23-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
For the first time, MIT scientists have applied a computer model of how the brain processes visual information to a complex, real world task: recognizing the objects in a busy street scene.
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- NASA astronomers find bizarre planet-mass object orbiting neutron star
09-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
Using NASA's Swift and Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer satellites, astronomers have discovered one of the most bizarre planet-mass objects ever found.
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- Nanotech promises big things for poor -- but will promises be kept?
02-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
"Nanotechnology has the potential to generate enormous health benefits for the more than five billion people living in the developing world," according to Dr. Peter A. Singer, senior scientist at the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health and Professor of Medicine at University of Toronto. "Nanotechnology might provide less-industrialized countries with powerful new tools for diagnosing and treating disease, and might increase the availability of clean water."
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