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Alzheimer’s-like brain changes found in cognitively normal elders with amyloid plaques
Researchers using two brain-imaging technologies have found that apparently normal older individuals with brain deposits of amyloid beta – the primary constituent of the plaques found in the brains...
Graduate Student Awards Will Help Fund Cyanide Research
Four research fellowships awarded to SDSU chemistry students could help generate new knowledge to keep soldiers and civilians safe from cyanide exposure.
'Can you hear me now?' Researchers detail how neurons decide how to transmit information
There are billions of neurons in the brain and at any given time tens of thousands of these neurons might be trying to send signals to one another. Much like...
Behind the Scenes: A Glimpse to the Archives of the Future
Texas scientists are finding solutions to keeping track of large amounts of government data.
Indian states clash with centre over GM trials
Two Indian states have objected to GM trials conducted on their soil without approval.
An inside-out approach to solving more gun crime
A 30-year law enforcement veteran told police, prosecutors, public defenders and federal agents Wednesday that balancing people, processes and technology is the best way to overcoming obstacles and gaps during...
Protests, democracy not always good for women's rights
Social movements, such as those currently gaining momentum in the Middle East and North Africa, can open the door for democracy, but that does not always benefit women's rights, says...
March Madness Also Reflects Sadness
As millions of viewers tune in to March Madness this month, an increasingly vocal group of experts is calling attention to the growing divide between the big business of NCAA...
The Unretiring Kind: Boomers Gear Up for Second Careers
Their second acts include starting their own companies, buying franchises and reinventing careers.
Natural disasters can benefit rural communities
The experiences of a Honduran community suggest that climate-related disasters can contribute to an improved quality of life for poor people
Morocco: website gives new twist to 'arranged' marriages
Marriage in Morocco has an increasingly changing face these days as young men and women in search of lifetime partners head for the souk, in this case a "cyber" marriage...
Saving Minds with Psychological First Aid
Mental first aid during a disaster can ease long-term psychological suffering.
Strange 2,500-Year Old Brain Analyzed
One English brain weathered 2,500 years underground, and scientists want to know how.
How Your Religion Shapes Your News Preferences
Religious experiences will subconsciously affect the way that individuals consume news about religion and spirituality, according to the latest research by Michael Kitchens, assistant professor of psychology at Lebanon Valley...
Psychedelics' bejewelled sledgehammer | Robert Dobbs
An LSD trip brings a restless insistence on recategorising and recontextualising anything that catches your attentionThe question: Did the drugs work at all?At 14, I was much taken by phenomenology. The idea that...
Top neurologist concerned about treatment options
The head of Ontario's neurologists says there is a lack of emergency care for brain trauma patients in the province but the government is doing little to remedy the situation.
Workplace Design Changes Help Employees Keep Weight Off
Some simple changes to promote healthy habits at work can help to prevent employees from gaining weight, reports a study in the March Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official...
Treating students as gifted yields impressive academic results, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Schools that seek to help students who are underrepresented in advanced programs should treat them as gifted young scholars, an approach that can result in many of them...
Higher prevalence of psychiatric symptoms found in children with epilepsy
A newly published report reveals that children with epilepsy are more likely to have psychiatric symptoms, with gender a determining factor in their development. Findings showed that girls had more...
Great Depression did not significantly improve life expectancy in the US
A study published today provides a new perspective on the Great Depression of the 1930s. A widely held view is that there were remarkable improvements in life expectancy of over...
Most family medicine residencies restrict interactions between trainees, industry, survey finds
A national survey of US family medicine residency programs finds that most limit pharmaceutical and other industry interactions with residents while many exclude all interactions. The results suggest a major...
Buffett and Gates Prod India’s Wealthy to Be More Philanthropic
Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett met with 70 of India’s wealthiest people and suggesting that they give more of their fortunes to charity.
Giffords' Astronaut Husband and His Twin Keep Personal Lives Private
Twin astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly are working to keep the public focused on their space missions, not their private lives.
News in Brief: Body & Brain
Handling fruit can throw off blood-glucose tests, plus an autism gene and itchy feelings in this week’s news
The Speakmans make life fantastic
Celebrities including Kym Marsh and Kerry Katona have turned to the perky life coaches for helpLost in Showbiz knows it may be difficult to believe, in a week where John Travolta's wife...
ISPs could do more to stop child porn: criminologist
A Fredericton criminologist said internet service providers need to do more to ensure child pornographers aren't file-sharing images of child sexual abuse.
Younger Americans Embrace Digital Donations for Japan Relief
More people are turning to the Web to make charitable donations.
TEROOS: a shoulder mounted robot for the really there experience
(PhysOrg.com) -- Have you ever wished you could be the devil on someones shoulder? Or maybe you are more the angel type? Either way, short of actually being on that...