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My IPod, My Self
Marketing professor Markus Giesler has some colorful ideas about Apple's music player. He argues it transforms listeners into 'cyborg consumers,' plugging them into a 'hybrid entertainment matrix' where they can achieve 'technotranscendence.' By Leander Kahney. Two Proteins, Called BERT And ERNI, Control Brain Development
Scientists have discovered how two proteins called BERT and ERNI interact in embryos to control when different organ systems in the body start to form, deepening our understanding of the development of the brain and nervous system and expanding our knowledge of stem cell behavior. The new research solves the puzzle of how vertebrates prioritize the order in which they begin to develop different sets of structures. During development, only a few signals instruct cells to form thousands of cell types, so the timing of how cells interpret these signals is critical. Car Buyers Say Silence Isn't Golden: Researchers Help Customers Litera
The technology improvements that are giving us ever quieter cars are not proving popular with many car drivers. Car manufacturers now want to restore to the inside of a car the sounds their customers want to hear while preserving the reduction in exterior noise. But what exactly do their customers want to hear? Researchers at the University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group are helping them answer that question. Zebrafish And CHIP Help Untangle Protein Misfolding In Brain Disease
Protein handling is especially important for neurons because damage or death of brain cells causes neurological disease. University of Iowa researchers have identified a protein, called CHIP (C-terminal heat shock protein 70-interacting protein), that links two arms of the cell's quality-control machinery: refolding of misshapen proteins and destruction of proteins that are damaged beyond repair. The Enduring Meaning of Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco Within th
This site features articles written in the 1990s and related material about these two Italian-born American anarchists, who were executed 1927 in Massachusetts for murder and theft. Includes an essay on the historical and legal setting relating to Sacco and Vanzetti's arrest and trial. From a Sacco and Vanzetti scholar. Combating Holocaust Denial: Holocaust Deniers and Public Misinformatio
This essay discusses Holocaust denial--the belief that the Holocaust never happened--with a focus on refuting the reasons for these beliefs. Includes links to related essays on Holocaust denial, annotated website links, and a press release about the December 2006 Holocaust conference in Iran, stating that it "will serve as nothing more than an international platform for Holocaust denial."From the Holocaust Encyclopedia, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Land, Air &38 Sea
Website for this virtual museum dedicated to alternative vehicles, including "flying cars, amphibious aeroplanes, amphibious cars, hovercraft, submarines and ATV's."The exhibits section features descriptions and images of vehicles such as the "Yellow Submarine,"and the "Amfibidiver,"a "twin seat machine, that drives on land, floats like a boat and dives like a submarine." Benefits Of Flu Vaccine Substantially Overestimated Says Study
Studies of influenza vaccine effectiveness in elderly people substantially overestimate vaccine benefits, according to new research from the US published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology (IJE), edited at the University of Bristol. California History Guide
Brief illustrated essays and associated education materials about California history through the mid-18th century. Topics include native Californians, missions and ranchos, and the California Gold Rush and statehood. Also includes links to online activities such as exploring life on a 17th century Spanish galleon, and learning about the use of cattle brands and the meaning of the state seal. (The rock art activity is not available.) From the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. University Of Manchester Develops Vision Chip For New Generation Of 'H
The University of Manchester is to help develop a new generation of robots with 'human' instincts. The REVERB project, which involves BAE Systems and a number of other leading UK Universities, is aimed at developing new technologies which will enable robots to respond to events and multi-task in similar ways to humans and animals. As part of the project The University of Manchester will develop a state of the art Vision Chip.
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