DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Scientists in East Africa plan to exploit trained rats’ highly developed sense of smell to carry out mass screening for tuberculosis among inmates …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Month: March 2016
New flu vaccine protects against multiple strains including H1N1
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•Researchers have announced the development of a vaccine that protects against multiple strains of both seasonal and pandemic H1N1 influenza in mouse models. …read more Source:: Science
Uncertainty can cause more stress than inevitable pain
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•Knowing that there is a small chance of getting a painful electric shock can lead to significantly more stress than knowing that you will definitely be shocked. A new study …read more Source:: Science
First Ubuntu Linux tablet: Aquaris M10 ready to buy now, first deliveries ‘mid-April’
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•Spanish hardware maker BQ has opened up shop for orders of its Ubuntu-powered 10.1-inch tablet, the Aquaris M10. …read more Source:: Linux
2016 Arctic sea ice wintertime extent hits another record low
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•Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second year in a row, according to scientists. …read more Source:: Science
A sensitive subject: Researchers catalog patterns of vibration on skin of the hand are part of how we sense the world through touch
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•Patterns of vibration on the skin of the hand that are part of how we sense the world through touch have been cataloged, for the first time, by researchers. …read more Source:: Science
Expectation may be essential to memory formation
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•A theory that links memory encoding to expectations of future relevance may better explain how human memory works, according to psychologists. …read more Source:: Science
An ancient killer: Ancestral malarial organisms traced to age of dinosaurs
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•A new analysis of the prehistoric origin of malaria suggests that it evolved in insects at least 100 million years ago, and the first vertebrate hosts of this disease were …read more Source:: Science
Biological mechanism passes on long-term epigenetic ‘memories’
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•According to epigenetics — the study of inheritable changes in gene expression not directly coded in our DNA — our life experiences may be passed on to our children and …read more Source:: Science
Moons of Saturn may be younger than the dinosaurs
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•New research suggests that some of Saturn’s icy moons, as well as its famous rings, might be modern adornments. Their dramatic birth may have taken place a mere hundred million …read more Source:: Science