What Is The Sound Of One Person Talking? New Speech Collection Tells All, Syllable By Syllable April 30, 2006
When researchers interviewed 40 Columbus residents about their opinions on life in the city, the scientists ignored what the people had to say. All the scientists really cared about was how they said it.
Obesity Levels In United States Are Grossly Underestimated
Obesity levels in US have been greatly underestimated, according to a study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Spallation Neutron Source Could Lead To Countless Innovations
One of the largest and most anticipated US science construction projects of the past several decades has passed its most significant performance test. The Department of Energy’s Spallation Neutron Source, located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has generated its first neutrons.
Scientists Solve 30-year-old Mystery Of Mutant Mouse’s Kidney Woes
Researchers seeking insights into kidney failure in human infants have located the source of a 30-year-old mystery mutation that causes similar problems in a mouse line.
Plants’ Role In Global Warming Re-examined In Science Paper
Estimates of increased plant respiration in response to higher global temperatures may be somewhat overstated as they have not taken into account plants’ ability to adjust to changing conditions, according to researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Perfectionist Fathers Can Reinforce Tendencies
Perfectionist fathers can reinforce disordered eating among college-age young people already preoccupied over their physical looks and subject to the demanding expectations of peers and media, according to a Penn State study.
How Low Can You Go? Ants Learn To Limbo
Have you ever tried to do the limbo? For ants it’s a way of life! Tobias Seidl from the University of Zurich has found that ants are able to learn how to visually judge the height of horizontal barriers so that they can successfully crawl under it without slowing down.
Melatonin Most Effective For Sleep When Taken For Off-hour Sleeping
Researchers from the Divisions of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have found in a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical study, that melatonin, taken orally during non-typical sleep times, significantly improves an individual’s ability to sleep.
UCLA Egyptologists To Launch New E-encyclopedia
In cooperation with an international team of scholars, UCLA is launching the world’s first comprehensive online encyclopedia dedicated to all aspects of ancient Egypt and its legacy. Over the next decade, hundreds of scholars are expected to contribute to the constantly evolving and peer-reviewed UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE), which ultimately will contain approximately 4,000 entries and weigh in at 6 million words.
Immune Systems In Breast Cancer Survivors Who Suffer From Fatigue Fail To Shut Off After Therapy
Breast cancer survivors who suffer from persistent, debilitating fatigue years after their diagnosis have something in common: their immune systems don’t shut down following treatment, according to researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center.
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