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Smaller is better for finger sensitivity
People who have smaller fingers have a finer sense of touch, according to new research in the Dec. 16 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. This finding…
Mastery of physical goals lessens disease-related depression and fatigue
A new study indicates that this effect may stem from an individual’s sense of mastery over – or belief in his or her ability to achieve – certain physical…
Hebrew U. receives $5 million for research on visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia
The project will be led by Prof. Alon Warburg, a vector biologist working at the Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada at the Hebrew University's Faculty…
Septic shock: Nitric oxide beneficial after all
By inducing the release of nitric oxide (NO) gas in mice with septic shock, researchers Anje Cauwels and Peter Brouckaert discovered that the animal's organs…
Valuable, rare, raw earth materials extracted from industrial waste stream
Researchers from Leeds' Faculty of Engineering have discovered how to recover significant quantities of rare-earth oxides, present in titanium dioxide…
More than a jump to the left
Despite the fact that physical space follows similar laws everywhere across the globe, cultures vary as to how space is encoded in their language. Some, for…
