Binocular rivalry: Fulfilling visual expectations
...ember that the view it provides us might be rather more subjective than we would expect. ...Study reveals why eyes in some paintings seem to follow viewers
...nsidered the reasons behind this visual effect for more than a century, advances in the field of perceptio.... "We were able to use new methodologies to give a more correct mathematical analysis of what is going on."...'Fossil genes' reveal how life sheds form and function
...ecies. The process of sweeping these genes away is more complete in these other species." Relic genes, som... genes tell the story of how humans came to depend more on sight as color vision displaced a sense of smell that, in the distant past, was far superior to w...DuPont introduces in-home personal protection from dangers of hurricanes
...rts, when a hurricane hits land, its winds can top more than 150 miles per hour, toppling trees and power lines, and sending debris flying through the air making many common items and building materials dangerous weapons. The DuPont TM StormRoom TM with Kevlar is an in-home storm shelter, available in...Green, leafy spinach may soon power cellphones and laptops
...eve a power conversion efficiency of 20 percent or more (which would provide an extremely efficient power source) by creating multiple layers of PSI or assembling them on rough surfaces or 3-D surfaces, like skyscrapers that concentrate a huge amount of surface area within a relatively small space. ...ORNL's Delmau joins Technology Review's list of top young innovators
...active cesium from nuclear waste material. She has more than 40 open-literature publications, including 15 journal articles and a book chapter. Overall, she has three patents. This year's TR 100 group was selected from a field of nearly 650 candidates under the age of 35. Delmau and other TR 100 winne...Scientists explore genome of methane-breathing microbe
...ploited to genetically manipulate M. capsulatus to more efficiently produce microbial protein for commerci...s of M. capsulatus also will help scientists learn more about some methane-fixing bacteria those that live inside of animals such as clams and mussels in d...Yale digital diagnostic technology is basis of new company, HistoRx Inc.
...man cancer. The School of Medicine's archive holds more than three million tissue samples collected over t...ew drug candidates through the development process more quickly. ...Research suggests new avenue for stopping, preventing colon cancer
...r stopping or preventing colon cancer, which kills more than 50,000 Americans each year, said the paper's ...he downstream pathway." The research could lead to more specific and safer -- ways to prevent colorectal cancer. In addition to generating PGE2, the COX-2 ...New anti-inflammatory strategy for cancer therapy identified by UCSD researchers
...t following inflammation, the control cells formed more numerous and larger tumor nodules, while the tumors formed by cells in which NF-kB was inhibited, had shrunk or partially disappeared after the LPS injection. As a result, mice injected with cancer cells lacking NF-kB activity exhibited much better s...Amyloid fibers sprout one step at a time
...e itself that is toxic, but rather the smaller and more amorphous oligomers that typically accompany plaqu...his point, if such drugs favored the production of more oligomers, which are toxic, then those drugs could actually have the opposite effect than was intend...Chemical genetics identifies SARS inhibitors
...ypical pneumonia. Within a year the virus infected more than 8000 people in 29 countries and claimed more that 900 human lives. Lack of knowledge about the novel virus and the absence of therapeutics were t...Genes expose secrets of sex on the side
...over time. The norm through human evolution is for more women to have children than men," said Jason Wilde...ve children, because they are being outcompeted by more successful males." Co-author Michael Hammer, a research scientist in UA's Arizona Research Labora...Students build submarine to track Octopuses
Marine biologists want to find out more about the Giant Pacific Octopus, but this elusive creature doesn't willingly reveal its secrets. Divers can follow the octopus for short periods, but what's really needed is an undersea robot that will wait patiently outside the creature's den, ready...22nd amino acid synthesized and added to genetic code of e. coli bacteria
...ator protein and is put into the protein through a more circuitous route. That left open the question of whether future amino acids would follow the traditional path of the first 20 amino acids or the unusual route taken by 21st. In the end, tradition won out. The results are described in two papers publi...Genetic modification of linseed produces healthier omega 3 and 6 fatty acids
...reas "poly-unsaturated" fatty acids contain two or more double bonds. PUFA are increasingly recognized a...ddition to the possibility of providing healthier, more nutritious oils for human consumption, this work will lead to the production of high quality animal ...New sign language suggests children create language's fundamentals through learning
... they have, all on their own, turned what was once more like gesture into a true language. Their study app...ters the community develops NSL further, making it more complex and versatile, and signing with greater speed and fluidity. "It's an unusual community, sor...US investment firm gives away Rhode Island-sized lands in Chile
...nd wetlands containing extraordinary wildlife. The more than 680,000 acres (272,000 hectares) of Chilean land were donated to WCS by the Goldman Sachs Charitable Fund in a novel and powerful alliance that will ensure conservation in the region in perpetuity. The announcement was made last Friday in Chile...The American Phytopathological Society announces 2004 awards
...d honors the best contribution presented in one or more full-length papers reporting basic or applied research of diseases of perennial fruit plants published in a recent, official APS publication. The Ruth Allen Award for Innovative Research was presented to Howard S. Judelson, University of Califo...