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[Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Scientists Reveal How Disease Bacterium Survives Inside Immune System
New research on a bacterium that can survive encounters with specific immune system cells has strengthened scientists' belief that these plentiful white blood cells, known as neutrophils, dictate whether our immune system will permit or prevent bacterial infections. A paper describing the research was released today online in The Journal of Immunology. Practice Parameters: Assessment and Management of Patients in the Pers
Overview of the diagnosis, prognosis, and survival of adults and children in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). "Patients in a vegetative state show no evidence of awareness of self or environment and an inability to interact with others,"along with several other factors. Includes data. From the American Academy of Neurology. Opens directly into a PDF document. Cosmic Bird? Triple Cosmic Collision Of Galaxies Stuns Astronomers
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered and imaged a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies. This system, which astronomers have dubbed "The Bird"-- albeit it also bears resemblance with a cosmic Tinker Bell -- is composed of two massive spiral galaxies and a third irregular galaxy. Make Beautiful Brain Music
Featuring music made by telescopes, brain waves and the International Space Station, the Future of Sound showcases, well, the future of sound. By Robert Andrews. Boston University Psychologists Find Neurological Mechanism For Sublim
Psychologist Takeo Watanabe and his team at Boston University have uncovered the mechanism that primes the subconscious, enabling individuals to learn a task without actually realizing it. They also have shown that such subliminal learning is retained, giving a new interpretation to how long a learned behavior is retained in the visual cortex -- an area of the brain thought to be fixed very early in life. Book Fairs and Other Literary Events
Extensive listing of U.S. and international book fairs and other literary events (such as poetry and storytelling festivals). Provides contact phone numbers and websites, and month of the events. Listed alphabetically and by state. From the Library of Congress Center for the Book. Remotely Controlled Nanomachines
Physicists at the University of California at Berkeley have produced images that show how light can control some of the smallest possible machines. Marine Snail's Neural Network Sheds Light On The Basis For Flexible Be
From snail to man, one of the hallmarks of the brain is the ease with which behavioral variants are generated--for example, humans can easily walk with different stride lengths or different speeds. By studying how a relatively simple motor network of the marine snail Aplysia produces variants of a particular feeding behavior, researchers have found that the ability to generate a large number of behavioral variants stems from the elegant hierarchical architecture of the brain's motor network.
First U.S. Use Of Revolutionary Technique For Spinal Fusion Performed
Surgeons at the University at Buffalo have carried out the first minimally invasive spinal surgery in the U.S., using a new techniqueto stabilize the lumbar spine called axial lumbar interbody fusion, or AxiaLIF.
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