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- Baboon personalities connected to social success and health benefits
- Auto experts recognize cars like most people recognize faces
- Marine animals could hold key to looking young: Sea cucumbers, sea urchins can change elasticity of collagen
- Camels to help fight Alzheimer's? New class of antibody from camelids that can cross the blood-brain barrier
- 'Green Brain' project to create an autonomous flying robot with a honey bee brain
- Chaos theory and a little physics predict the outcome at the roulette table
- Chemical memory of seawater: Scientists examine biomolecules dissolved in the ocean and read them like a history book
- Dance Dance Revolution makes a difference in kids' physical activity levels
| Baboon personalities connected to social success and health benefits Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:19 PM PDT Whether human or baboon, it helps to have friends. For both species, studies have shown that robust social networks lead to better health and longer lives. Now, researchers have shown that baboon personality plays a role in these outcomes, and, like people, some baboons' personalities are better suited to making and keeping friends than others.  |
| Auto experts recognize cars like most people recognize faces Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:10 PM PDT The most detailed brain meapping study to date has found that the area of the brain that recognizes faces is also used to identify objects of expertise.  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2012 10:21 AM PDT Sea cucumbers and sea urchins are able to change the elasticity of collagen within their bodies, and could hold the key to maintaining a youthful appearance, according to scientists. The researchers investigated the genes of marine creatures such as sea urchins and sea cucumbers, known as echinoderms. They found the genes for "messenger molecules" known as peptides, which are released by cells and tell other cells in their bodies what to do.  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2012 09:52 AM PDT Could camels help fight Alzheimer's disease? Scientists have announced a discovery that may lead to enhanced imaging of, and improved drug delivery to the brain. New research describes a new class of antibody from camelids that can cross the blood-brain barrier, diffuse into brain tissue, and reach specific targets. These antibodies may be instrumental for people with brain diseases poorly diagnosed and treated using today's tools.  |
| 'Green Brain' project to create an autonomous flying robot with a honey bee brain Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:14 AM PDT Scientists in the UK are embarking on an ambitious project to produce the first accurate computer models of a honey bee brain in a bid to advance our understanding of artificial intelligence, and how animals think.  |
| Chaos theory and a little physics predict the outcome at the roulette table Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:06 AM PDT With enough information, physics can predict a great deal about the world around us, and that includes the fall of the ball in the game of roulette.  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2012 07:24 AM PDT Water does not forget, according to a chemist. Irrespective of what happens in the sea: whether the sun shines, algae bloom or a school of dolphins swims through a marine area -- everything and everyone leaves biomolecular tracks. With the help of a combination of new techniques, scientists can now identify and retrace some of these.  |
| Dance Dance Revolution makes a difference in kids' physical activity levels Posted: 01 Oct 2012 06:50 AM PDT A new study offers positive news for Wii-loving teenagers and their parents: games such as Wii Sports and Dance Dance Revolution can bring them closer to recommended physical activity levels.  |
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