Science news articles about 'metronome'
Splendid Oscillation
A few weeks back we looked at the phenomenon of resonance with oscillating metronomes. As a follow-up to that meditative and Zen-like video, we've included a crystal-clear demonstration of that ...Alternative Vaccine Strategy Shows Promise In Prostate Cancer Patients
... giving patients a continuous low dose of an immune system booster, a method known as metronomic dosing, as part of a therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine strategy is safe and produces similar immune ...Circadian clock may be critical for remembering what you learn, Stanford researchers say
... to wakefulness and back to sleep again, may be doing much more than just that simple metronomic task, according to Stanford researchers. Working with Siberian hamsters, biologist Norman Ruby has ...How chemotherapy drugs block blood vessel growth, slow cancer spread
... copying their genetic material. "But the late Judah Folkman discovered in 2000 that so-called metronomic treatment, giving patients lower doses of these drugs more frequently, can keep cancer growth ...MU researcher demonstrates non-traditional therapy is effective as pain management
... groups experienced an increase in pain perception due to the mechanical intervention of the metronome and chance. "Although it is difficult to introduce this form of therapy into medical settings, ...Brain encodes complex plumes of odors with a simple code
... of different odors generated by releasing odor molecules for varying durations and at varying intervals -- not in metronome-like pulses as is typically done in odor studies. "In their habitat, animals ...Guitarists' brains swing together
... Lindenberger. The results don't show whether this coupling occurs in response to the beat of the metronome and music, and as a result of watching each others' movements and listening to each others' ...Rhythmic genomics -- the yeast metronome and the walk of life
New genome sequence information from the humble baker's yeast has revealed surprising variation in a set of genes that can be thought of as nature's oldest clock. In a paper published in Genome ...Sprained ankle rehab complicated by delayed muscle response, BYU-Michigan study finds
... sensory equipment, launched down the runway, and told to match their steps to the beat of a metronome. As they strode to the other end, one of the trap doors would suddenly invert 30 degrees outward, ...1-finger exercise reveals unexpected limits to dexterity
... , still pressing as hard as they could they moved their fingers against the surface to the beat of a metronome. "As expected, maximal downward force diminished when motion was added to the task," the ...U-M discovery about biological clocks overturns long-held theory
... fast during the day and slow at night---that controls time-keeping throughout the body. Imagine a metronome in the brain that ticks quickly throughout the day, then slows its pace at night. The rest ...
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