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Genes are Key to Academic Success
Neuroscience News - 5 Sep 2018 21:39
A new study reports genetic factors count for about 70% of stable academic achievement throughout schooling.
Sexual Violence Haunts Women with Vivid Memories Decade Later
Neuroscience News - 5 Sep 2018 21:35
A new study reports women who have experienced sexual violence have more vivid memories than women coping with other traumatic experiences. Sexual violence survivors, researchers report, have more intense memories decade...
Losing Just Six Hours of Sleep Increases Diabetes Risk
Neuroscience News - 5 Sep 2018 21:24
After just one sleep deprived night, the ability of the liver to produce glucose and insulin is altered, increasing the risk of developing metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, researchers report.
Reddit's megapixel masterpiece illustrates how culture evolves
New Scientist - 5 Sep 2018 21:00
Over a million users battled for control over a virtual canvas, one pixel at a time. Now, researchers are studying the process to examine the forces that shape cultures
Does Neuroscience Hold the Key to Understanding the Criminal Mind?
Neuroscience News - 5 Sep 2018 20:11
According to a new study those with higher criminal tendencies choose to take risks and gamble more than law abiding citizens.
Researchers 'teleport' a quantum gate
Phys.org - 5 Sep 2018 20:08
Yale University researchers have demonstrated one of the key steps in building the architecture for modular quantum computers: the "teleportation" of a quantum gate between two qubits, on demand.
Increased Cortical Activation in Cannabis Users' Brains During Resting State
Neuroscience News - 5 Sep 2018 20:08
Researchers report cannabis users exhibit increased synchrony in cortical regions during resting state than those nonusers. The study also reports cannabis users show greater cortical communication in the frontal regions...
Gas guzzlers reborn: Why your next car could run on hydrogen
New Scientist - 5 Sep 2018 20:00
Vehicles that run on hydrogen have been dismissed by the likes of Elon Musk, but recent advances mean they are making a comeback
Jupiter has a Great Blue Spot too, thanks to its weird magnetic field
New Scientist - 5 Sep 2018 20:00
The famous Great Red Spot has a blue rival created by the planet's weird magnetic field - though the name is a bit of a cheat
Physicists implement a version of Maxwell's famous thought experiment for reducing entropy
Phys.org - 5 Sep 2018 19:00
Reduced entropy in a three-dimensional lattice of super-cooled, laser-trapped atoms could help speed progress toward creating quantum computers. A team of researchers at Penn State can rearrange a randomly distributed ar...
Simple Nerve Stimulation May Improve Sexual Response in Women
Neuroscience News - 5 Sep 2018 18:41
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation, a treatment commonly administered for bladder dysfunction, appears to improve sexual response in women who suffer female sexual dysfunction.
Beatboxers' and Guitarists' Brains Act Differently to Hearing Music
Neuroscience News - 5 Sep 2018 18:00
Researchers report different brain areas are activated when a guitarists and beatboxers hear previously unheard tracks by their instrument of choice. Beatboxers, researchers say, show increased activation in brain areas ...
Plane Quarantined at JFK After Numerous Passengers Become Sick With Unknown Illness
Live Science - 5 Sep 2018 17:46Small, short-lived drops of early universe matter
Phys.org - 5 Sep 2018 16:27
What was matter like moments after the Big Bang? Particles emerging from the lowest energy collisions of small particles with large heavy nuclei at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) could hold the answer. Scient...
Saturn Sprouts Another Weird Hexagon, Puzzling Scientists
Live Science - 5 Sep 2018 13:42Ancient Church Hidden in Turkish Lake. And a Pagan Temple May Lie Beneath It.
Live Science - 5 Sep 2018 13:35Photos: Ancient Basilica Found Beneath Turkey Lake
Live Science - 5 Sep 2018 13:25Fast vs slow water--explaining the fragile-to-strong transition
Phys.org - 5 Sep 2018 12:22
A Japanese research team led by The University of Tokyo investigated the fragile-to-strong transition of water. Unlike most liquids, when water is cooled, the rate of increase of its viscosity reaches a maximum at a cert...
Did someone deliberately sabotage the International Space Station?
New Scientist - 5 Sep 2018 11:59
Some Russian officials are saying a homesick astronaut may have drilled a hole in the ISS, but the real culprit is probably back on the ground