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Studies and Analyses

Teen Girls’ Brain Scans Reveal Unique Emotion Circuit Activation

Brain scans of teens sizing each other up reveal an emotion circuit activating more in girls as they grow older, but not in boys. The study by Daniel Pine,…

Studies and Analyses

Brain Regions for Social Cognition Develop by Age 6

In the last decade, a group of regions has been discovered in the human brain that are specifically used for social cognition. A new study in the July/August…

Studies and Analyses

Foster Care Improves Brain Activity in Institutionalized Kids

The study, in the July/August 2009 issue of the journal Child Development, was carried out as part of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, a longitudinal…

Life & Chemistry

Pine Bark Extract: Study Unveils Anti-Inflammatory Benefits

A recent study published in International Immunopharmacology, reveals why Pycnogenol® (pic-noj-en-all), an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the…

Life & Chemistry

New Sex Pheromone Discovered in Fruit Flies by Researchers

A team of researchers from the University of Münster and Harvard Medical School in the USA have now discovered a substance that triggers this behaviour of…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Variants Affecting Blood Pressure in African-Americans

A team led by researchers from the National Institutes of Health today reported the discovery of five genetic variants related to blood pressure in…

Life & Chemistry

Vitamin D, Curcumin May Help Clear Amyloid Plaques Found in Alzheimer's

The early research findings, which appear in the July issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, may lead to new approaches in preventing and treating…

Earth Sciences

New Seasonal Hurricane Forecasting Model Tested by Experts

After about five years developing and assessing the model, Associate Scholar Scientist Tim LaRow and his COAPS colleagues are putting the system to the test…

Environmental Conservation

Summer Is Here and the Mercury Is Rising…Literally

Hot town, summer in the city. When it comes to air-quality advisories, city residents are no strangers, especially during the dog days of summer. But smog is…

Life & Chemistry

New Pheromone Helps Female Flies Tell Suitors to ‘Buzz Off’

RELEVANCE:The anti-aphrodisiac effects of copulation have been observed to last for over a week in female Drosophila melanogaster, even though the only…

Information Technology

Semiconductors: Advances for Cooler Computers Unveiled

However, physicists of the University of Würzburg are paving the way for them: In the American scientific journal “Science”, the researchers now present a…

Trade Fair News

Infrared Emitters Showcase Precision at Fakuma 2009

High value plastic parts require careful processing. Burrs must be removed, joints must hold seamlessly and securely. Infrared emitters apply heat in a…

Business and Finance

KfW IPEX-Bank supports exports to Russia <br> EUR 500 million framework agreement signed

The funds will go towards financing German and European exports to Russia over the next two years. Under the agreement export financings to Russia that are…

Environmental Conservation

Shark Cage Diving: Study Finds Minimal Public Safety Impact

A study by five university researchers—including four from the University of Hawai'i at Mânoa—concludes that existing shark cage diving enterprises in Hawai'i…

Studies and Analyses

Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete: A Sturdier Building Solution

Conventional means of internal reinforcement for concrete member in buildings involve steel bars. Yet for structures that function in harsh environments like…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA&#039;s Fermi Finds Gamma-ray Galaxy Surprises

“Compton showed us that two classes of active galaxies emitted gamma rays — blazars and radio galaxies,” said Luigi Foschini at Brera Observatory of the…

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