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- How stress can rewire brain making benign smells malodorous
- Professional French horn players in danger of developing noise-induced hearing loss
- Cheats of the bird world: Cuckoo finches fool host parents
- iPhones for the eyes: Smart phone photography to help diagnose eye disease
- Warning of potential side effects of a product can increase its sales
- Scientists confirm functionality of emergency ventilation system for horses
- Scientists develop artificial surfaces insects cannot stick to
- Brain may rely on computer-like mechanism to make sense of novel situations
- New password in a heartbeat
| How stress can rewire brain making benign smells malodorous Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:41 PM PDT In evolutionary terms, smell is among the oldest of the senses. New research shows how anxiety or stress can rewire the brain, linking centers of emotion and olfactory processing, to make typically benign smells malodorous.  |
| Professional French horn players in danger of developing noise-induced hearing loss Posted: 24 Sep 2013 09:28 AM PDT A new study has found further evidence that French horn players are one of the most at-risk groups of developing noise-induced hearing loss among professional orchestral musicians.  |
| Cheats of the bird world: Cuckoo finches fool host parents Posted: 24 Sep 2013 08:34 AM PDT Cuckoo finches that lay more than one egg in their victims' nests have a better chance of bamboozling host parents into fostering their parasitic young, a study has found.  |
| iPhones for the eyes: Smart phone photography to help diagnose eye disease Posted: 24 Sep 2013 07:30 AM PDT Researchers describe the relatively simple technique of fundus photography in eyes using a smartphone, an inexpensive app for the smartphone, and instruments that are readily available in an ophthalmic practice.  |
| Warning of potential side effects of a product can increase its sales Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:18 AM PDT Drug ads often warn of serious side effects, from nausea and bleeding to blindness, even death. New research suggests that, rather than scaring consumers away, these warnings can improve consumers' opinions and increase product sales when there is a delay between seeing the ad and deciding to buy or consume the product.  |
| Scientists confirm functionality of emergency ventilation system for horses Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:13 AM PDT Respiratory or cardiovascular arrest in outdoor animals poses a huge challenge to veterinarians. Ventilation equipment is generally hard to operate and requires electricity and compressed air. Vetrinary anaesthesiologists have now developed an inexpensive device for the ventilation of large animals. It is easy to transport and can save animal lives in emergencies.  |
| Scientists develop artificial surfaces insects cannot stick to Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:13 AM PDT Beetles, cockroaches, and ants will have a harder time walking up the sides of buildings or air conditioners in the future -- thanks to the bio-inspired, anti-adhesive surfaces. The team studied plant surfaces in order to determine what influence cell form and microstructure as well as surface chemistry exert on the adhesion behavior of insects.  |
| Brain may rely on computer-like mechanism to make sense of novel situations Posted: 23 Sep 2013 02:59 PM PDT Our brains give us the remarkable ability to make sense of situations we've never encountered before -- a familiar person in an unfamiliar place, for example, or a coworker in a different job role -- but the mechanism our brains use to accomplish this has been a longstanding mystery of neuroscience. Now, researchers have demonstrated that our brains could process these new situations by relying on a method similar to the "pointer" system used by computers. "Pointers" are used to tell a computer where to look for information stored elsewhere in the system to replace a variable.  |
| Posted: 23 Sep 2013 02:59 PM PDT Researchers propose a system to prevent cyberattacks on pacemakers, defibrillators and other devices that use wireless communications.  |
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