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New Protein Synthesis Not Essential To Memory Formation
New research challenges the premise that the brain must build new proteins in response to an experience for that experience to be recorded in long-term memory. The findings could alter basic assumptions about the role of protein synthesis in memory formation.

Photoacoustic Images Add Valuable Information To Conventional Mammogra
Photoacoustic techniques can supplement conventional imaging techniques in breast cancer diagnostics. From first tests on patients using the 'photoacoustic mammoscope'researchers conclude that the images obtained add valuable information about the vascularisation of a tumor. In four out of five cases the photoacoustic images of the 'suspect'breast area show areas of high intensity around the tumor.

California of the Past
Collection of short videos of first-person narratives from community members about their California experiences. The videos were produced by public libraries in Benicia, Covina, Hayward, Orange County, Sacramento, and South San Francisco, California. From Media Arts Center, San Diego.

Good Information? It's Not All About The Brain
An Indiana University neuroscientist and University of Tokyo roboticist have figured out a way to model the popularly accepted idea that it takes all types of sensory information to help us make sense of our environments.

Global Study Concludes 'Attack Rate' Of Flu In Kids Is 55 Percent Lowe
In a study spanning the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, researchers writing in the Feb. 15 New England Journal of Medicine say a nasal spray flu vaccine reduced the influenza "attack rate"in children by 55 percent when compared with a group of children who received the traditional flu shot in the arm or thigh.

Probiotics: 'Friendly Bacteria'Grown In Fruit Based Extract
A fruit based extract dramatically improves growth and probiotic qualities of "friendly"bacteria. There is currently a great deal of interest in the health-associated properties of probiotics, also known as 'beneficial'or 'friendly'bacteria, and prebiotics, the food needed for the growth of probiotic when inside our bodies.

Mapping the Pacific Coast: Coronado to Lewis and Clark, the Quivira Co
Companion to an exhibition of "maps, books and illustrations, dated 1544 through 1802, of the west coast of North America."View annotated map images (some with audio clips) on topics such as early explorers, California as an island, secret Russian exploration in the Pacific, Captain James Cook's voyages to the north Pacific, and overland to the Pacific in the late 1700s. From the Sonoma County (California) Museum and a California winery.

Tiny Computers Go Where No Computer Has Gone Before
A major breakthrough in the use of molecules as information processors is to be announced at this year's BA Festival of Science in Dublin.

Why Aging Muscles Heal Poorly
Workers who get incomplete instructions produce an incomplete product, and that's exactly what happens with the stem cells in our aging muscles, according to researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Comprehensive Plan Needed To Protect Against Importation Of Infectious
The system for intercepting microbial threats at the nation's airports, seaports, and borders needs strategic leadership and a comprehensive plan to meet the challenges posed by emerging diseases and bioterrorist threats, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

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