Posts Tagged ‘University of California at Berkeley’
Gossip lowers stress, keeps cheats in check
UC BERKELEY (US) — Gossip can have positive outcomes such as helping us police bad behavior, prevent exploitation, and lower stress, say researchers. Continue…
Friday, January 27, 2012 14:46 - 1 Comment
Earth & Environment - Jan 27, 2012 12:30 - 1 Comment
Restored wetlands may never recover
UC BERKELEY (US) — Even after a century of restoration efforts, some wetlands are never able to return to their original natural state. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 24, 2012 12:09 - 2 Comments
Tease the brain. It may lower Alzheimer’s risk
UC BERKELEY (US) — Brain-stimulating habits over a lifetime are linked to lower levels of a key Alzheimer’s protein, new research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 16, 2012 12:14 - 0 Comments
From seashell colors, a snapshot of evolution
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Researchers studying 19 different sea snail species have used a new technique to model the pigmentation patterns of mollusk shells, a discovery that sheds light on how ancient nervous systems evolved. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 13, 2012 12:55 - 5 Comments
Tiny planet triplets orbit dwarf star
CALTECH (US) — Astronomers have discovered the three smallest confirmed planets ever detected outside our solar system. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 9, 2012 11:21 - 2 Comments
Toy car gets stability from ‘lizard tail’
UC BERKELEY (US) — Inspired by the way lizards keep their balance, researchers have developed a robotic car named “Tailbot” that has a stabilizing tail. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 27, 2011 11:00 - 0 Comments
Dengue virus hits harder in round two
UC BERKELEY (US) — One of the most vexing challenges in the battle against dengue virus is that getting infected once can put people at greater risk for a more severe infection down the road. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 22, 2011 17:44 - 1 Comment
Bah, humbug! Rich slower to show empathy
UC BERKELEY (US) — Dickens was right on the money with his depiction of Cratchit and Scrooge. Poor people are quicker to show compassion than the rich, a study shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 16, 2011 11:04 - 2 Comments
Supernova fireworks shed light on cosmos
CALTECH (US) — The brightest and closest stellar explosion seen from Earth in 25 years offers the most detailed picture yet of how this kind of explosion happens. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 14, 2011 21:00 - 0 Comments
Massive black holes may be quasar relics
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Two newly discovered black holes that are 10 billion times the mass of the sun—the largest ever found—may be the fossil remains of quasars from the early universe. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 6, 2011 14:44 - 2 Comments
Massive black holes shatter record
U. TORONTO (CAN) — An international team of astronomers has discovered two gigantic black holes with masses about 10 billion times the mass of our sun. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 6, 2011 12:27 - 0 Comments
18 Jupiter-like planets orbit massive stars
CALTECH (US) — A team of astronomers have found 18 Jupiter-like planets—the largest collection ever confirmed—in orbit around “retired” stars that are one and a half times more massive than the Sun. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2011 11:12 - 0 Comments
Dream sleep soothes painful memories
UC BERKELEY (US) — During the dream phase of sleep, the body’s stress chemistry shuts down, taking the edge off difficult memories. The finding may help explain why people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suffer reoccurring nightmares. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 8, 2011 13:03 - 0 Comments
Parents help underage kids join Facebook
NYU (US) — Many parents know their underage children are on Facebook in violation of the site’s age restrictions and often even help them join the site, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 2, 2011 11:17 - 3 Comments
Addicts may have glitch in frontal brain
UC BERKELEY (US) — Neuroscientists have pinpointed the exact locations in the brain where calculations are made that can result in addictive behaviors, like those linked to drugs, overeating, and gambling. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 21, 2011 9:30 - 1 Comment
Run vs. fly: Robotic roach gets its wings
UC BERKELEY (US) — Engineers outfitted a six-legged robot, inspired by a cockroach, with wings to shed new light on the origins of flight. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 20, 2011 10:29 - 0 Comments
Virus ‘soup’ makes blocks that mimic collagen
UC BERKELEY (US) — Researchers have used a benign virus to create components that mimic collagen, one of nature’s most important structural proteins. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 19, 2011 10:58 - 0 Comments
Did massive stars blow away cosmic fog?
U. MICHIGAN (US) — High-energy light from massive stars may have cleared the dense fog that existed between galaxies in the early universe, new research suggests. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 26, 2011 9:19 - 0 Comments
Technology ‘reads mind’ to make movies
UC BERKELEY (US) — Researchers decoded the brain signals of people as they watched movie trailers, and replayed those thoughts as movies. (more…)
