Reading a face is tricky business
...ch as a brief facial expression of fear, can still bubble up and unwittingly influence social judgments and how we act, said Li. Those with a more anxious personality exhibited more biased negative evaluations of fear-primed surprise faces and also greater brain-wave indications of threat processing. Gre...'Might have been' key in evaluating behavior
...sed real world market data the crash of 1929, the bubble of the late 1990s and so on to probe each subject's brain response to fictive signals (what could have been) as they navigated their choices. This means we now have a kind of neural catalogue of how famous stock market episodes affect signals in the...Largest physics meeting of the year, in Denver
..., based on graphene (U28.1, U28.6). microfluidic bubble logic (L30.4). graphene-based detector sees individual gas molecules (N31.11) the protocell - steps toward creating the simplest form of life (D38.1) physics of pharmaceuticals (U5) nanodot data storage (L14.5) the status and mission of nu...Cutting-edge projects awarded computing time on Blue Gene/L
...e Co. will investigate the molecular mechanisms of bubble formation in foams to help develop better fire control chemicals and environmentally friendly consumer products. Giulia Galli at the University of CaliforniaDavis, in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, will simulate water in ...Contrary to common wisdom, scientist discovers some mammals can smell objects under water
...x with the air and be drawn into the nose when the bubble is inhaled." Just because the moles are getting whiffs of interesting odors underwater doesn't necessarily mean they smell them. So Catania devised some additional tests. One of the complicating factors was the star-nosed mole's unusual nose, which i...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Oct. 4, 2006
...ATE RELEASE Champagne helps unlock the secrets of bubble formation Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemis...t comprehensive explanations for those stars - the bubble trains that rise with that graceful sensuality from each fluted glass, which led poet Lord Byron to ...Siberian lakes burp 'time-bomb' greenhouse gas
...te methane bubbling trapped in the ice. By placing bubble traps over these spots and under the water the researchers could get daily measurements of the volume of methane released by the bubbles. Walter will continue her work on methane for her UAF International Polar Year post-doctoral project which will ...Sound investment: A new mathematical method provides a better way to analyze noise
...ppeared in their histograms as a thin yellow band, bubble edges converging in a horizontal line that cut straight through the center of the froth. This, he says, proves that their algorithm is a viable method of analysis, and one that may be related to how the mammalian brain parses sound. "The applicati...Bubbles go high-tech to fight tumors
...shell pops, the perfluorocarbon expands into a gas bubble that is approximately 125 times larger in volume than the droplet. "If a bubble remained spherical its diameter would be much larger than that of the vessel," Bull said. "So it def...Study shows our ancestors survived 'Snowball Earth'
...ll amounts of oil, usually in a thin film around a bubble of water vapor. The oil resulted from decaying organic matter, probably of marine origin. "A drop of oil is a treasure trove. It is highly concentrated molecular fossils," Buick said. The biomarkers contained in the oil indicate that both eukaryotes ......ea. Other innovative ideas include creating an air bubble curtain and creating a ramped warning signal to give dolphins time to leave the area before work commences. Dr David also calls for further research into the reactions of marine mammals to industrial noise to help mitigate future effects in relation...Scientists design potent anthrax toxin inhibitor
...ersity of Toronto, the investigators built a fatty bubble studded with small proteins that can cling tightly to the cell membrane receptor-binding protein used by anthrax toxin to gain entry into a host cell. The protein-spiked fatty bubble, or "functionalized liposome," hampers a critical early step in the...Capturing the electrical activity of sperm
...icroscopy images of sperm, Kirichok noticed a tiny bubble on the sperm's tail, not far from the head. Its fu...hen a sperm is ejaculated. Kirichok found that the bubble had enough "give" in it to form a tight contact with the pipette so he could measure electrical curr...Discovering the first steps in transcription-coupled repair
...pical of transcription -- that is, the size of the bubble opened by RNAPII. Identification of this bubble, w...archers found that RNAPII bound to a transcription bubble prevented incision by XPG. To their surprise, however, adding another large protein machine called T......t, you may also have seen that threads are made of bubble groupings that change over time. Now, researchers ...itially, champagne bubbles rise in strings made of bubble pairs. As time passes the groupings vary in number, and then turn into strings of three bubbles. Fin...Tracking membranes of rupturing blood cells sheds light on malaria infection
...tself, cellular membranes fold upon themselves and bubble into small vesicles, allowing the newly born parasites (in this stage they are called merozoites) to infect neighboring red blood cells. Further experiments involving labeled membrane components showed that there is no membrane fusion during release,...One shot: A molecular movie of events that enable sperm to penetrate egg's coating
...are released outside the cell much the same way a bubble rises to the surface of a soda and releases its gas into the air. Mayorga, who has studied membrane fusion for more than 15 years, recognized an unexplored potential in this simple secretion event, called acrosomal exocytosis (AE). Preliminary expe...Earliest embryos ever discovered provide clues to dinosaur evolution, parenting: Study
...ing tools. "Diane worked on a steel slab on top of bubble wrap so as not to feel outside vibrations," says Reisz. "Even a door slamming could affect her work." Experts in the field hailed the study as a significant contribution to paleontology. "This discovery is exciting in providing a major piece of the ...After the yeast is gone bacteria continue to develop flavor of sparkling wine
... sparkling wine quality in terms of aroma, flavor, bubble size and bubble persistence, especially for premium quality wines," says Nria Rius, a researcher on the study. The ...Ophthalmologists implant five patients with artificial silicon retina microchip
...ose the incisions. Over a period of 1 week the air bubble is resorbed and replaced by fluids created within the eye. According to Chow, "The use of the subretinal space to hold a device that artificially stimulates the retina seems a logical step in replacing the loss of photoreceptor cells of the retina. I...