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What Memories Are Made Of: Researcher Studies Plasticity Of Recall
Unraveling the differences between various kinds of memories depends on understanding changes that happen in the brain at the molecular level, says a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. To probe the exact role that genes and proteins play in the brain in response to experience, Fred Helmstetter compares fMRI in humans with gene expression in rats. Key Enzyme Is Secreted By Heart Mast Cells -- Weill Cornell Discovery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University researchers have made the startling discovery that renin -- a kidney-secreted enzyme crucial to blood pressure regulation -- is also synthesized and secreted by mast cells within the heart. Modern Literature of Southeast Asia: Research Portal
"This is an educational website established to facilitate research on modern Southeast Asian literatures from a cultural studies perspective."The site features a compilation of links to sites with general information and information about specific countries (such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam) on topics such as history, literature, and film. Also includes a bibliography. From a professor of comparative world literature. Premature Ejaculation: It's Not All In Your Head
In a four-week study of 1,587 men, researchers report that men who suffer from premature ejaculation (PE) had an average intravaginal ejaculatory latency time (IELT) of 1.8 minutes, compared to 7.3 minutes in men who did not. Men with PE and their female partners also had higher ratings for personal distress, interpersonal difficulty with their partner, lack of ejaculation control, and dissatisfaction with sexual intercourse. Climatic Chain Reaction Caused Runaway Greenhouse Effect 55 Million Ye
Analogous to the Earth's current situation, greenhouse warming 55 million years ago was caused by a relatively rapid increase of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere. The study shows that a large proportion of the greenhouse gases was released as a result of a chain-reaction of events. Tuck Professor Uses Statistical Formula to Predict the Academy Award f
This February 2005 news release (with a link to the full report) describes how a "professor of international economics at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth used a combination of history and statistics to forecast who will receive the highest honor in filmmaking."The "formula relies on three variables: a film's total Oscar nominations, number of Golden Globes won, and whether or not it's a comedy."From the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Desert Plant May Help Treat Insidious Tropical Diseases
Plants native to the Mojave Desert may one day help provide relief to millions of people who suffer from two prominent tropical diseases. Disorderly Youth in Public Places
This 2006 report "provides a general discussion of the problem of disorderly youth in public places and reviews the factors that contribute to it. The guide also identifies questions to ask when dealing with a disorderly youth problem, proposes numerous responses to the problem, and identifies ways to measure the effectiveness of responses to the problem."Opens directly into a PDF document. From the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), U.S. Department of Justice. Answer From 'Dusty Shelf' Aids Quest To See Matter As It Was Just Afte
Scientists trying to recreate conditions that existed just a few millionths of a second after the big bang that started the universe have run into a mysterious problem -- some of the reactions they are getting don't mesh with what they thought they were supposed to see. ESA Astronaut Goes Underwater To Test European Robotic Arm
The WET model of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) was comprehensively inspected and tested at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre near Moscow last week. The impressive robotic arm is over 11 metres in length and weighs 630 kg. Once ERA reaches the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) will be its home base. With the help of seven joints, a variety of tools and its electronics, the astronaut's aid can move insect-like around the Russian ISS segments and will be used for a variety of tasks.
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