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Monday, June 25, 2012

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

Learn that tune while fast asleep: Stimulation during sleep can enhance skill learning

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 10:50 AM PDT

Want to nail that tune that you've practiced and practiced? Maybe you should take a nap with the same melody playing during your sleep, new provocative research suggests. The research grows out of exciting existing evidence that suggests that memories can be reactivated during sleep and storage of them can be strengthened in the process.

Gene mutations cause massive brain asymmetry

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 10:48 AM PDT

Scientists say de novo somatic mutations in a trio of genes that help regulate cell size and proliferation are likely culprits for causing hemimegalencephaly, though perhaps not the only ones.

Work starts on fossil fuel free cargo ship

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 08:25 AM PDT

Development is underway to design the modern world's first 100 per cent fossil fuel free sailing cargo ships. With rising fossil fuel prices and the global challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this project is set to change the shipping industry by providing efficient and affordable low-carbon shipping. The project combines proven technology, using the state of the art dyna-rig sail propulsion system with an off the shelf Rolls-Royce engine powered by waste derived liquid biomethane (liquid gas).

Dog-associated house dust protects against respiratory infection linked to asthma

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 07:57 PM PDT

House dust from homes with dogs appears to protect against infection with a common respiratory virus that is associated with the development of asthma in children.
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