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Anticipating Your Needs: Emotional Intelligence Is the Key to Smarter Gadgets
Singularity Hub - 17 Jan 2016 22:00
It's weekend rush hour. You're stuck in traffic. You got cut off. You're increasingly frustrated. Your heart rate and blood pressure skyrocket. As you're fuming in traffic, an inconspicuous device...
El Morro: Stunning Photos of New Mexico's Sandstone Bluff
Live Science - 17 Jan 2016 20:17
In the northwestern part of New Mexico, a natural outcropping of sandstone known as El Morro has produced a spectacular landmark in this cold, high desert region.
Frequent contact between parents, adult children is beneficial to both
Science Daily - 17 Jan 2016 06:50
Though parents may worry that they are more involved with grown children than in the past, frequent contact between parents and their grown children can be beneficial to both parties, suggests a new paper.
From tamoxifen to dendrogenin A: Discovery of a mammalian tumor suppressor metabolite
Science Daily - 17 Jan 2016 06:49
the rational that researchers them to conceive, design and discover DDA, has been outlined by researchers in a new article. The work also describes its pharmacological properties.
Link found between obesity and blood clots in pediatric patients
Science Daily - 17 Jan 2016 06:49
An association between obesity and the formation of blood clots in the veins of children and adolescents has been identified by researchers. While obesity is a well-established risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE...
Plasma marker of vascular disease confirmed in type 1 diabetes patients
Science Daily - 17 Jan 2016 06:47
Patients with higher levels of pre-kallikrein in their blood were shown to have thicker layers of intima-media in the vasculature of their carotids, report scientists.
Gregarious chimps harbor richer gut microbiomes
Science Daily - 17 Jan 2016 06:47
Spending time in close contact with others means risking catching germs and getting sick. But being sociable may also help transmit 'good' microbes, finds a new study. Researchers monitored changes in the gut microbiomes...