Human brain has unsuspected oxygen reserve, challenging previous theories
...er. So when the brain needs more oxygen, it simply taps into this reserve. The researchers also found that the human brain has far more capillaries than it needs. The extra capillaries might serve as a storehouse for delivering surplus oxygen, they suggest. Other scientists have observed that animals suc......ach would be easier for people to learn because it taps a natural ability to count the observable, without having to use symbolic abstraction. Previous research has shown that people calculate the odds of any given event more easily and accurately using natural frequencies, which the authors say represen...For the blind, a computer navigation system with its own map
...ity, and say, 'OK, I need to be navigated,' and it taps into the GIS database for that city." Moore embarked on the project in part because his father, a UF math professor, is blind. Theral Moore, who tested the system, said he found it very helpful as an orientation tool. "If you're out there all alone w...More than one-third of US adults use complementary and alternative medicine
...cal treatment, but this new collection of CAM data taps into another dimension entirely. What we see is that a sizable percentage of the public puts their personal health into their own hands." CAM approaches were most often used to treat back pain or problems, colds, neck pain or problems, joint pain or...New system would vastly improve heart defibrillation
When it comes to affairs of the heart, love taps are preferred over love jolts. That is the result of a team of heart researchers including Igor Efimov, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, trying to effect a better implantable heart defibrill...Long-sought key to hearing may be found in protein discovery
...side where a delicate percussion section vibrates, taps and shivers. The key elements in converting sound into nerve impulses are the bundles of cilia that protrude from the tops of hair cells and give them their name. Inside the cochlea, the stiff cilia bend at their bases when the pulsing sound waves pu...Department of Energy announces new agreement with USC, national labs and private company
... "This collaboration is very unique in that it taps the incredible engineering know-how of the Department of Energy labs, which have some of the most advanced engineering capabilities in the world," Humayun says. "This unique partnership between academia, DOE labs and industry will help facilitate tec...