Infant vernier acuity is comparable to that of adults
... account the underdeveloped vision of infants. The experiment showed that under these conditions, infants see changes contrast almost as well as adults. The vernier acuity of the infants and adults was then tested under the same conditions as the contrast discrimination had been tested. Under these conditions,...Simple intervention encourages sun protection behaviors
...ls to try it. Based on the trends observed in this experiment with the small percentage of participants who tried the sunless tanning lotion, this might lead to additional sun protection behaviors."...Benign separation process being advanced for pharmaceutical industry
...e team and is studying how the additive allows the experiment to be successful. The company is providing her with a fellowship for spring and summer 2005....Ethical discussion should come before research
...in a thoughtful way, and not just consider the one experiment we're working on." Jones also argues that a shortened gap between lab research and potential use in humans means that scientists must consider ethical issues before experimentation begins. Even though these artificially created embryos are intended o...Diagnosis of prions in patients should utilize novel strategy, team says
... in a high proportion of cases. For example, in an experiment that focused on 18 brain regions from eight patients with sporadic CJD, the CDI detected prions in 100 percent of the samples, while IHC detected them in 22 percent and routine tissue examination in 17 percent. "In about 80 percent of the different b...Researchers track program's success in curbing aggressive behavior
...se high-risk males will complete high school. "The experiment is unique because its rigorous scientific design was developed in partnership with the Baltimore schools and communities, and it demonstrates long-term benefit into adulthood of an intervention begun in first grade. It shows helping all children in a...Feb. 15, 2005, Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet
... findings from the Lung Health Study were based on experiment rather than observation and were of "sufficient size and duration" to prove that smoking causes an increased risk for death in smokers (Editorial, p. 299). "No one can make a serious claim to the contrary in light of this randomized trial evidence," ...Murder, eyewitness identification and the limits of human vision
...n case. Four of the jurors admitted conducting an experiment during a break in the trial, thinking they had permission to do so. They had one or more jurors pace off given distances and see if the others could recognize them. One of the jurors said although he had bad eyesight and couldn't recognize faces at...Mayo Clinic identifies key cellular process in prostate and other cancers
...y of FOXO1 to suppress tumors. The result of their experiment indicates that human prostate cancer grows without the protection of the tumor suppressor protein FOXO1. Importantly, they also show that this loss of function can be reversed -- even in the presence of high levels of Skp2, by using chemicals that in...Sprinklers shown effective in slowing dorm fires
...t the corridor within another three minutes. In an experiment with sprinklers, temperatures at the 1.5 meter (five feet) level and below in the room where the fire began never exceeded 120 degrees C. No significant increase in heat was measured in the corridor during the experiment, allowing adequate time for r...NYU psychology researchers show how attention enhances visual perception
... in the visual cortex [see diagram of brain]. This experiment revealed that when a cue preceded the target, the target evoked a larger brain response than when the cue appeared in the other location. It also showed the magnitude of the cueing effect increased from the earliest to later areas of visual processin...Carrot component reduces cancer risk
...hods they should use when growing vegetables." The experiment was conducted using raw carrots so researchers do not yet know if eating boiled carrots or drinking carrot juice, for example, would have the same effect. Dr Brandt, who says she eats "more carrots than most" and grows her own organic varieties, reco...NIH awards USC $8.7 million to study tobacco use in China
...n, take up the habit and as Chinese youth begin to experiment with tobacco at increasingly earlier ages. So the need for tobacco use research along the Pacific Rim is greater than ever." The new center's studies will build upon earlier research conducted by the USC Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center....Entrepreneurism Center at UC San Diego funds commercialization of lung, shock, other devices
... flexible beam transducer mounted on a laminar box experiment at UCSD. The simple beam geometry allows for easy conversion of local displacement at each point into an integrated bending displacement profile for the beam. This approach has the advantages of minimal intrusivity, high sensitivity, insensitivity to...Gene vaccine protects mice against development of Her2/neu breast cancer
...the vaccine were protected against the cancer. The experiment was repeated numerous times with the same result, says Lachman. Researchers also worked with mice that were genetically engineered to over-express HER2/neu. These mice normally develop breast cancer in all ten of their mammary glands by the time the...Scents and emotions linked by learning, Brown study shows
...ychology, comes down on the nurturing side. In an experiment that involved computer games and custom-made scent...ifferent magazines during the sessions. The second experiment was similar, but it included 36 participants, both men and women, and tested two new scents. One was...Infants, children prefer sounds over pictures and only slowly become visually oriented, studies find
...th-olds and 4-year-old children and adults. In the experiment involving 8-month-olds, the infants were videotaped while sitting on a parent's lap in front of a large projection screen. They were then repeatedly presented a certain combination of a picture and sound to familiarize them with that combination. Pre...Researchers describe how human blood stem cells transform themselves to repair injured animal hearts
...use has lived for more than a year, ever since the experiment was conducted "which suggests the beneficial nature of the stem cell treatment." The work is continuing, he says. Researchers are now using diagnostic tests to study cardiac function in treated experimental mice and they are planning to test the pow...M. D. Anderson researchers discover key protein in psoriasis
...n developed psoriasis following mild injury. "This experiment showed it is necessary to have both activated STAT3 in keratinocytes and infiltrating, activated T cells to develop psoriasis," said DiGiovanni. "Neither is sufficient alone." The scientists then tested whether blocking STAT3 could reverse the develo...Supporters of NIH policy see publishers' gambit as possible diversion
...ublic consumption. It is ironic that this limited experiment has only now emerged after a majority of public interest and patient advocates already have weighed in to support the NIH enhanced public access program." Johnson added, "We applaud all authentic efforts to make medical research universally and freel...