Global air pollution map produced by Envisat's SCIAMACHY
...ments function in the same way, GOME has a limited spatial resolution of only 320 x 40 km, compared to a typi...mns of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide. "The higher spatial resolution delivered by SCIAMACHY means we see a lot of detail in these global images, even resolvin...Universit de Montral study shows superior sound-location skills in the blind
...control group of blindfolded, sighted subjects) to spatial hearing tests in which each subject had to locate sounds from three meters away and distinguish them from other ambient noise. The early- and late-onset blind participants were far more successful than the control group at both tasks. "Humans are ...Coast-mapping satellites will follow the tides
...ample, there is a growing interest in the detailed spatial mapping of coasts as a tool for environmental monitoring and managing marine resources, as shown by Europe fostering a major new strategy on Integrated Coastal Zone Management." Laurent Louvart of SHOM agreed: "There is a new appreciation of the nee...Optics meeting tips: Internal fingerprints, no cell left behind, 3-D reality
...trials with the projection capability. The general spatial resolution of the process is about 0.1 mm. Veins as deep as 8 mm have been imaged. (Paper FTuL3, Tuesday, October 12, 2:45 p.m. See also http://www.conenhill.com/) NO CELL LEFT BEHIND How can a surgeon be sure that no cancer cells are le...Scientists image tooth decay in the 3rd dimension
...ogen lamp. They took sets of 3 images at different spatial phases and combined them using standard image processing techniques. This produces an optically sectioned image - many image 'slices,' which are put together to form a whole 3D image. Speaking at Photon 04, the UK's premier conference for photonics a...Taking apart a hurricane: Multi-sensor Envisat sees through Frances
...and GFO satellites to enhance overall accuracy and spatial and temporal coverage, forming the source for altimetry products which, in turn, form the basis for NOAA/AOML-produced maps of tropical cyclone heat potential depicting the upper ocean thermal conditions, shown here overlaid against Hurricane Frances...Short term memory's effectiveness influenced by sight, sound
...etter test because it does not require temporal or spatial information to be maintained, but requires people to manipulate language information on the fly, which is really the hallmark of what language use is about," says Bavelier. "Unfortunately, right now the old ordered-list test is still the test of choi...Envisat's rainbow vision detects ground moving at pace fingernails grow
...rolled, the smaller the InSAR image baseline - the spatial distance between initial and follow-up image acquisitions - and the better the quality of the final interferogram. During Envisat's initial Bam revisit the baseline was large enough that ERS digital elevation data was needed to subtract topographic e...Study: Dementia often undiagnosed in clinical settings
...ent include difficulty with language, reasoning or spatial ability, and poor memory, including repetitiveness. Behavioral signs include difficulty with personal or family history, dressing inappropriately, and failing to appear for scheduled appointments or follow instructions. Physicians may begin a dementi...3D neutron-based medical imaging, 4D lung scans, and hitting a moving tumor
...aging that provides information not just about the spatial location of tissue but also its function---is vital. Further, it is important to understand how each region of a normal organ responds to radiation, such that predictions can be made about the anticipated degree of normal tissue injury. At the meet...Diabetics at significantly higher risk for Alzheimer's disease
...ocessing information, and the ability to recognize spatial patterns -- may be affected selectively in people ...and visuospatial ability (the ability to recognize spatial patterns). Over the study period, 151 of the participants developed AD, including 31 who had diabet...Diabetes linked to increased risk of Alzheimer's in long-term study
...ocessing information, and the ability to recognize spatial patterns -- may be affected selectively in people ...and visuospatial ability (the ability to recognize spatial patterns). Over the study period, 151 of the participants had a clinical diagnosis of AD, including...MRI 'highly useful' in the evaluation of patients with uterine fibroids
...creening, including a larger field of view, higher spatial resolution, better contrast resolution, the ability to better assess for enhancement or vascularity of fibroids and the ability to better classify them according to their exact location. "With MRI, we seek to identify a subset of patients in whom UA...SMASH imaging increases effectiveness of MRI for musculoskeletal imaging
Using simultaneous acquisition of spatial harmonics (SMASH) T2-weighted imaging for knee MRI results in a significant decrease in imaging time, as compared to conventional fat-saturated T2-weighted imaging, without any negative effects on MRI interpretation or patient clinical outcome, says ...HIV: A sugar shield to evade host defences
...gars fix on to the glycosylation sites, creating a spatial mask, and prevent the antibodies from binding to t...m acts on these sites. They appear to change their spatial configuration and thereby the position of the sugar molecules. Thanks to this modifiable sugar shiel...Alzheimers disease - recent discoveries pave the way toward new treatments
...cases," explains Mucke. "For instance, deficits in spatial learning and memory in our mice correlated tightly with the depletion of calcium-dependent proteins in specific brain regions. Similar abnormalities were then found in brains from patients with Alzheimer's disease, and the greatest depletions were se...Transformation of heated meat substitutes is unpredictable
...sible with the pea protein gel, due to its unusual spatial structure. Upon repeated heating this gel became increasingly stiff. The greatest stumbling block in the design of foodstuffs using non-animal proteins is the unpredictability of the final product's structure, the so-called texture. O'Kane used sever...Norepinephrine important in retrieving memories
...al for retrieving intermediate-term contextual and spatial memories, but not for the formation or long-term c...rent brain regions: the hippocampus, which governs spatial and contextual memories; and the amygdala, which is important for emotional learning and memory in g...The human brain and comparative judgments
...ant new information about how the brain interprets spatial and nonspatial sensory information to make comparative judgments about quantities such as number, size, and luminance. Previous work suggests that a region of the brain called the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) is active during comparative operations. Dr......adiofrequency pulses is measured, which yields the spatial characteristics of the sample. Many factors affect the best ways to encode and detect information about a particular sample, whether it's a living organism, a sample of tissue on a slide, a gas, liquid, or mineral sample, or even a solid surface. D...