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Scientists working with the American space agency NASA have recently devised a new machine that allows them to simulate various levels of gravity. Made of high-capacity, super-conducting magnets, the device proved able to maintain a three-week-old mouse in 0-gravity. Because the rodent is very similar to us genetical... |
10 September 2009
06:02 GMT |
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Lab rats and mice are the animals that have perhaps advanced medicine and related fields the most, experts believe. Their similarities to us, genetically speaking, have made them the test subjects of choice for a number of experiments investigating various diseases, as well as the action of various individual genes. ... |
2 September 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Scientists from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine have recently announced the successful use of a new, small peptide to efficiently stop the growth of lung cancer tumor cells. Their paper also reveals that the small molecule also had the strength of setting the tumor into remission, reducing its size cons... |
27 August 2009
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While on a trekking trip atop Mount Victoria, a remote mountain in Palawan, the Philippines, a group of Christian missionaries stumbled in 2002 upon a plant they had never seen before, and which appeared to be very large and carnivorous. In a recent study, published in the latest issue of the Botanical Journal of the... |
21 August 2009
06:58 GMT |
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Logitech, one of the world's leading vendors of computer peripheral products and gaming devices, has announced today the launch of its new high-performance mice, featuring the company's latest Darkfield Laser Tracking technology. According to Logitech, this technology enables computer users to take full adv... |
19 August 2009
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Japanese researchers have managed to recently bring new hope to the millions of people worldwide suffering from tooth conditions such as cavities, when they succeeded in artificially conditioning mice into developing new teeth to replace the ones they'd lost. The method does not rely on implanting artificial pro... |
4 August 2009
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Logitech, one of the world's leading vendors of computer peripherals and gaming devices, has announced today the launch of a new solution designed to let notebook owners use a single wireless receiver for both their external mouse and keyboard. Suggestively dubbed the Logitech Unifying receiver, the new tool wil... |
4 August 2009
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Stem cell research is difficult from many perspectives, but one of the things that until now seemed indispensable for it were viruses, without which scientists believed that stem cells could not be converted into the required type of mature cells, and vice versa. But now, a team of experts at the Max Planck Institute... |
8 July 2009
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Bringing down the Olympic Games world record is not an easy feat, as proven by the fact that the times obtained in 1932 were only improved by 2008 with 0.6 seconds. This feat was accomplished mostly due to rigorous training exercises and an advancement in training technology. Now, a new scientific study conducted on ... |
29 June 2009
14:01 GMT |
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The neuroscience community has over the past few years been involved in endless arguments, as to whether a technique known as deep-brain stimulation – electrodes inserted in various parts of the cortex, which have electrical current passing through them – can trigger the formation of new, functional neuro... |
30 May 2009
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Japanese researchers may have finally brought forth a ray of hope for millions of men around the globe, which are currently losing their hair either because of stress, or on account of genetic factors. In some cases, the disease known as cyclic hair loss, or alopecia, makes men lose their hair, grow it back, and then... |
26 May 2009
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In a new scientific study conducted on innocent mice, researchers have discovered that the eating habits of the mother rat considerably influence the genetic traits of its offspring, giving new meaning to the expression “a mother eats for two.” The find may notably influence doctors' pieces of advice... |
14 April 2009
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Researchers have just recently discovered that suppressing fear may no longer remain simply a question of training. They have uncovered that the portion of the brain associated with primal fear is not the amygdala, as some have been claiming for a few years, and that inhibiting another tiny region of the cortex can c... |
10 March 2009
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Progressive hearing loss is a common disease amongst Djs, who live most of their lives in the loud noises of control rooms in clubs or discos around the world. After years and years of prolonged exposure to strong noises, their ear muscles deteriorate, and, in the end, total deafness sets in. Researchers now believe ... |
21 January 2009
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New research from Princeton University (PU) proves that sugar is indeed addictive to small animals, such as rats and innocent lab mice. During the tests, PU scientist Bart Hoebel offered mice sugared water for weeks, and then analyzed the effects sugar deprivation had on the little creatures. He described their react... |
11 December 2008
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All new potential drugs or therapies for cancer, and for a lot of other diseases too, actually, go through three stages of testing, ranging from in vitro simulations, to testing the product on animals and, finally moving up to clinical tests. The results that science teams get from their studies on mice are crucial f... |
29 October 2008
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Sounds too good to be true? Not quite. Researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have recently identified two signaling pathways that can be activated through drugs in order to increase endurance. Both pathways are naturally activated through exercise, but the effects of a workout session can be mimi... |
1 August 2008
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Sudden infant death syndrome, also known as cot death in certain areas of the world, is a condition in which infant children up to several months of age die without warning, although not suffering of any serious known diseases. Cot death is largely mysterious even today, since there is no clear indication to what is ... |
4 July 2008
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The last Tasmanian tiger, thylacine, died in captivity in 1936 at Hobart Zoo after being hunted to extinction during the early 1900s. Fortunately, some thylacine pouch young and adult tissues were preserved in alcohol by museums around the world. One of those is Museum Victoria in Melbourne which donated some samples... |
20 May 2008
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Ideazon's latest creation, the Reaper Edge, comes one year after the company joined the gaming peripherals creators' world. The mouse comes with all the features a respectable gaming mouse should have, plus some more innovation from the manufacturer. The Edge is undoubtedly, a fast mouse. The 3200dpi laser ... |
10 December 2007
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OK, world, brace yourself for this one: Paris Hilton, it seems, has become such an important, significant and famous celebrity that scientists have started using her in experiments. And no, it doesn't involve human beings being tied to chairs and forced to listen to her songs (the purpose being to determine how ... |
8 November 2007
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The GPS system is extremely popular nowadays, as it allows users to find out their location in seconds, as well as navigate without having to worry that they'll get lost on the way. On the other hand, mice are the most popular computer peripherals and this is probably one of the reasons why the DeluoGPS company ... |
8 October 2007
03:31 GMT |
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One of the most important reasons why Nintendo's famous Wii gaming console has enjoyed such an overwhelming level of success is directly related to its very innovative controller, the Wiimote, which picks up the user's movements and translates them into on-screen commands. However, Nintendo is not the only ... |
28 September 2007
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SteelSeries is one of the best known manufacturers and suppliers of gaming gear and the company just announced the launch of two new professional gaming mice that are aimed at top level gamers: the SteelSeries Ikari Optical and SteelSeries Ikari Laser mice. The new mice are aimed at complementing the already existing... |
25 August 2007
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Wireless mice are all too common nowadays in a computing environment that is more and more centered on mobility. The main drawback of most such wireless mice is that after a few days at most the batteries must be changed, or if rechargeable units are used they must be left several hours to replenish their energy leve... |
7 August 2007
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Logitech, one of the world's most important manufacturers of PC peripherals, has been on a roll lately, as it has announced several extremely innovative products, as for example the MX Air Mouse or the Wave Keyboard. However, (almost) nothing could have prepared us for their latest product, namely the G9 Gaming ... |
2 August 2007
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Microsoft may very well design, manufacture and ship a complete computer system firstly in the U.S and then worldwide. A first variant is already being tested in India, yet it did not attract too much attention from the consecrated computer manufacturers. Over the years, a couple of people (all right, lots of people)... |
21 July 2007
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Mice (or mouses) have evolved quite a lot over their very long history, from those clunky boxes developed by Xerox to those ring mice we've seen a while back. However, it seems that one of the most important leaps ahead in the history of these peripherals has just been taken by Logitech, who has announced the MX... |
12 July 2007
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Mice have gone beyond the status of simple peripherals, and this is the reason why the manufacturers try to make them as attractive as possible, depending on the targeted market segment. And a very good example of this trend is the latest offering from Sony Europe, namely the SMU-M10 and SMU-C3 compact mice, which pr... |
27 June 2007
07:31 GMT |
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Fingerprint readers are not exactly a very new concept, as they've been around for quite a few years now. And since this technology has reached a certain level of maturity, manufacturers have begun incorporating such biometric authentication units in various complex devices, one of the best examples being IOGEAR... |
26 June 2007
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As the level of computer integration in the people's lives has seriously increased over the past few years, quite a lot of frequent computer users feel the need of customizing their "working partners" somehow, in a manner that will make a statement about themselves and about their lifestyles. This is the reason ... |
13 June 2007
06:46 GMT |
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