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Researchers Uncover Scaffolds In The Brain's Wiring Diagram
Neuroscientists already know that brain neurons can and do form specific rather than random connections with each other to generate the observed wiring diagram of the brain. However, the precise patterns of such non-random connections, how the patterns are formed, and how these patterns underlie the brain's extraordinary information processing capacity are important questions that Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory theoretical neuroscientist Dmitri Chklovskii is exploring. Tax Takers Send in the Spiders
Under a little-known project called Xenon, several nations are deploying sophisticated bots to troll web businesses in searchof tax cheats. By Quinn Norton. Warm Winter Predicted For US, NOAA Reports
This winter is predicted to be warmer than the 30-year norm. For the country as a whole, NOAA's heating degree day forecast for December through February projects a 2.8 percent warmer winter than the 30-year normal. In the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic,temperatures are expected to be above average in response to the long-term warming trend. 9/11 Commission Records
Background, FAQ, finding aid, and other material about the 9/11 Commission records, of which "a significant portion of the collection [was] made available to the public on Wednesday, January 14 [2009]."As of early 2009, the Memoranda for the Record (MFRs, "summaries of the interviews the Commission conducted with federal, State, and local employees, individuals from the private sector, and scholars") are accessible online. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Rising Food Prices Threaten World's Poor People
Income growth, climate change, high energy prices, globalization and urbanization are all converging to transform food production, markets and consumption, according to a new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute. As a result, global food demand and prices are likely to rise, threatening the livelihoods and nutrition of poor people in developing countries. The report, "The World Food Situation: New Driving Forces and Required Actions,"was released today at the annual general meeting of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... Papworth Breathing Technique Cuts Asthma Symptoms By A Third
A sequence of breathing and relaxation exercises known as the Papworth method has been shown to reduce asthma symptoms by a third by the first randomised controlled trial to investigate the technique, which is published online ahead of print in Thorax. Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth
This website constitutes "an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults."In addition to background about the study, the site contains survey results and related publications, most focusing on drug use and trends. Conducted at the Survey Research Center in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, and funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health. Blood Pressure Drug May Curb Brain Damage From Alzheimer's, Depression
A drug used to treat high blood pressure and enlargement of the prostate may protect the brain from damage caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer's disease, depression and schizophrenia. Prazosin, also prescribed as an antipsychotic medication, appears to block the increase of steroid hormones known as glucocorticoids, researchers have found. Elevated levels of glucocorticoids are associated with atrophy in nerve branches where impulses are transmitted, and even nerve cell death, in the hippocampus. Nanoscientists Provide New Picture Of Semiconductor Material
For almost a decade, scientists thought they understood the surface structure of cubic gallium nitride, a promising new crystalline semiconductor. Research by an interdisciplinary team of nanoscientists from Ohio University and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, however, turns that idea on its head.
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