Listening to the sound of skin cancer
...f skin cancer cells through the blood by literally listening to their sound. The unprecedented, minimally invasive technique causes melanoma cells to emit noise, and could let oncologists spot early signs of metastases -- as few as 10 cancer cells in a blood sample -- before they even settle in other organs. T...Women's Bioethics Project unveils 'The Scientist & the Ethicist' podcast series
...eries is freely available for download or computer listening at http://www.womensbioethics.org . "The podcasts cover a variety of ethical and legal questions behind the new genetic and reproductive technologies people hear about in the media," said Emilie Clemmens, Ph.D., a research fellow at WBP and host of...Train your brain to hear your friends at a party
...gular computer games, but can target weaknesses in listening skills. By incorporating training exercises much like those performed by the ferrets, they can lead to auditory learning and an improved ability to listen."...Slow brain waves play key role in coordinating complex activity
...when people are asked to do a simple task, such as listening to a list of words, the slow, theta oscillations i...nd high-gamma also changed with the task. Patients listening to a list of words would show strong coupling in a particular set of brain regions, but when they th...Music thought to enhance intelligence, mental health and immune system
...at this assertion and their findings indicate that listening to any music that is personally enjoyable has positive effects on cognition. In addition, the use of music to enhance memory is explored and research suggests that musical recitation enhances the coding of information by activating neural networks i...What lies beneath: LSU researchers explore Gulf floor
... Jimmy Buffet CDs, according to Roberts, who likes listening to music on the way down. But the submersible is small, Carney said, and seats a maximum of three people two researchers, and a pilot. "Picture three people in the trunk of a Volvo," he quipped. In addition, because of the depths that Alvin is di...Whale bubble nets, saxophone sounds, ultrasonic laser
... LISTENING TO KATRINA AND THE TSUNAMI Underwater listening stations designed for other purposes, such as dete...hat visitors can enter. Having conducted extensive listening and recording experiments within the Mapparium prior to its renovations of 2002, Hartmann and Boston...Researchers say environmental pollution is important piece of social justice debate
...attempt to discern a community's specific needs by listening directly to what its members have to say. "Ultimately our paper offers solutions for people who directly study child development," says Dilworth-Bart. "They are in a perfect position to take the lead here because they have the research skills to ask ......nderwater approximately every 20 seconds. Passive listening stations or receivers will be placed in a submersed array that can detect the transmitters. Receivers will record an acoustic tag's presence when it is within range, usually 250-1,000 meters, depending on the oceanographic conditions. And, because ......a Vouloumanos, point to a genetic predilection for listening in on speech above other similar sounds. "It's well established that neonates have a preference for speech above other sounds, but where does this come from? Is it something that's built in and there's something about the speech signal that they're ...Underwater listening devices yield discoveries about endangered large whales
...ic calls remains largely a biological mystery, but listening for the distinctive underwater sounds provides a valuable way to track the movements of endangered large whales. Autonomous data-recording devices equipped with hydrophones (underwater microphones), deployed in remote waters off Alaska, have been us...Research tracks whales by listening to sounds
...es a program now directed by Robert Dziak. While listening for earthquakes, the OSU researchers begin picking up sounds of ships, marine landslides and whales. An engineer at the center, Haru Matsumoto, then developed an autonomous hydrophone that can be deployed independently and Mellinger's colleagues pla...Bats use touch receptors on wings to fly, catch prey, study finds
...ws them to determine their physical environment by listening to echoes. But an Ohio University neurobiology pro...d navigate their environment by emitting calls and listening to the echoes that return from various objects. Zook believes the touch-sensitive receptors on bats'...ECCO 13 - One voice, one vision needed to overcome cancer in Europe
...he issue of our overstretched healthcare system is listening to the concerns and expectations of healthcare professionals and patients. As politicians are ultimately the people who make the decision about healthcare directives, it is important that they are involved throughout the discussions so as to ensure t...How the brain sorts babble into auditory streams
... of auditory stream segregation measured in humans listening to similar sound sequences," concluded the researchers. In a commentary on the paper in the same issue of Neuron, Michael DeWeese and Anthony Zador wrote that the new approach "promises to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying both our conscious...Beetle-inspired switch uses water for bonding
...4). Steen dreamed up the idea of the switch after listening to Cornell entomologist Tom Eisner lecture on palm beetles, which are native to the southeastern United States. Like the beetle, which clings to a palm leaf at adhesive strengths equal to a hundred times its own body weight -- the human equivalent...Finalists in young scholars competition announced
...submitted evidence of research accomplishments and listening to the presentations, the judges will award nine prizes: three first-place prizes of $20,000 each, three second-place prizes of $10,000 each, and three third-prizes of $5,000 each at the gala closing banquet honoring Professor Townes on Saturday even...North Atlantic right whales headed toward extinction
...y has deployed moored buoys fitted with underwater listening devices that automatically detect whales and relay the data back to Cornell. Soon the near to real-time data will appear on a Web site map. Since whales move slowly, a ship's captain approaching a whale migratory path will be able to check the Web si...For young canaries learning their song, freedom in youth gives way to rules in adulthood
... they are two months old. But the birds growing up listening to the random walk and glissando songs instead did their best to imitate the atypical, synthetic songs of their tutors for several months, producing long sequences of dissimilar sounds. Then puberty hit. As the birds' testosterone levels rose, their ...Royal Society study on adaptability of fish to warming oceans
...as it approaches. When we are driving a car whilst listening to music, we should check ahead in advance before changing a compact disk, otherwise we can crash easily. Detecting objects in their path is a fundamental perceptional function of moving organisms. Contact: Dr Tomonari Akamatsu, Fisheries Information...