November 12th, 2009 
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The research could lead to the development of probiotic yoghurts, similar to Yakult, which would prevent weight gain
Bugs that live in our stomachs could be causing us to get fat, research suggests.
Scientists have shown that the type of bugs in our gut change depending on the food we eat.…
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Comments Off October 17th, 2009 Malvika Sampat Researchers are building a mathematical model of how brains keep time, and finding some surprises.
In the middle of your brain, there’s a personal assistant the size of a grain of rice. It’s a group of about 20,000 brain cells that keeps your body’s daily schedule.
Partly in response to light signals from the retina, this group of neurons sends signals to other parts of the brain and the rest of the body to help control things like sleep, metabolism, immune system activity, body temperature and hormone production on a schedule slightly longer than 24 hours.…
Posted in Tech News Tags: Accurate Model, Brain Cells, Brain Region, Circadian Rhythm, Disease Alzheimer, Electrical Activity, Electrical Signals, Excruciating Detail, Forger, Grain Of Rice, Hormone Production, Immune System Activity, Internal Clock, Journal Science, Light Signals, Mathematics Professor, Parts Of The Brain, Piggins, Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Scn, Time Researchers Comments Off October 16th, 2009 Malvika Sampat The mystery of how Champagne, cola and sparkling water create such an explosive tingle on the tongue has been solved by scientists.
They have discovered a chemical receptor hidden away in the taste buds that lights up in the presence of carbonated drinks.
The receptor is found on the taste cells that normally respond to sour food and drinks like lemon, vinegar and white wine.…
Posted in Tech News Tags: Carbonated Drink, Carbonated Drinks, Carbonated Water, Carbonation, Dr Nicholas, Fizzy Drinks, Flavours, Food Taste, Journal Science, National Institutes Of Health, New Discovery, Real Reason, Ryba, Soft Drinks, Sour Taste, Sparkling Water, Taste Bud, Taste Buds, Taste Cells, White Wine Comments Off February 24th, 2009 Tushar Mathur 
An international team of researchers has created the most detailed map of the Moon yet, using the laser altimeter (LALT) instrument on board the Japanese Selenological and Engineering Explorer satellite. C.K. Shum, professor of earth sciences at Ohio State University, is a member of the LALT science team and a co-author of a paper appearing in the February 13 issue of the journal Science.… Posted in Science News Tags: Copyright Science, Credit Image, Detailed Map, Earth Sciences, Engineering Explorer, Explorer Satellite, Journal Science, Laser Altimeter, Little Water, Lunar Poles, Map Of The Moon, Ohio State University, Satellite C, Science Aaas, Science Credit, Science Daily, Science Team, Sciencedaily, Shum, Water On The Moon Comments Off February 21st, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
Photo: Main facts of the Fermi Mission:
Spacecraft was launched in June 2008 on a five-year mission
It is looking at the Universe in the highest-energy form of light
Fermi is 2.8m (9.2ft) high and 2.4m (8.2ft) in diameter
The spacecraft orbits at an altitude of 565km (350 miles)
It could pick up about 200 cosmic explosions each year
From The BBC:
Astronomers have recorded the most powerful radiation blast from deep space yet detected.…
Posted in Science News Tags: 4m, Altitude, Bbc, Black Hole, Cosmic Explosions, Deep Space, Diameter, Energy Release, Exploding Stars, Gamma Ray, Highest Energy, Implosion, Journal Science, Mission Spacecraft, Nasa, Radiation, Ray Space, Space Telescope, Spacecraft Orbits, Spectacle Comments Off February 6th, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
A female apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, implants an egg into an apple. Wasps that attack the flies and eat their larvae appear to be changing on a genetic level in the same way that the flies themselves appear to be changing genetically. (Credit: Rob Oakleaf)From Science Digest:
ScienceDaily (Feb.…
Posted in Science News Tags: Apple Maggot, Biodiversity, Biologist, Chain Reaction, Ecosystem, Emergence, Fruit Fly, Genetic Level, Journal Science, Larvae, Oakleaf, Organism, Parasitic Wasp, Science Digest, Sciencedaily, Sequential Development, Speciation, University Of Notre Dame, Wasp, Wasps Comments Off January 30th, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved. (Credit: iStockphoto/Jim DeLillo)From Science Daily:
ScienceDaily (Jan. 29, 2009) — As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and director of the Children’s Digital Media Center, Los Angeles.…
Posted in Science News Tags: Computers Games, Computers Internet, Critical Thinking, Decline, Delillo, Digital Media Center, Greenfield, Internet Games, Jan 29, Journal Science, Learners, Learning Technology, Multi Tasking, Psychology, Science Daily, Sciencedaily, Technology Research, Ucla, Use Of Computers, Video Games Comments Off January 30th, 2009 Malvika Sampat As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved. (Credit: iStockphoto/Jim DeLillo)From Science Daily:
ScienceDaily (Jan. 29, 2009) — As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and director of the Children’s Digital Media Center, Los Angeles.…
Posted in Science News Tags: Computers Games, Computers Internet, Critical Thinking, Decline, Delillo, Digital Media Center, Greenfield, Internet Games, Jan 29, Journal Science, Learners, Learning Technology, Multi Tasking, Psychology, Science Daily, Sciencedaily, Technology Research, Ucla, Use Of Computers, Video Games Comments Off January 17th, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
From Breitbart/AP:
WASHINGTON (AP) – They can’t match Harry Potter yet, but scientists are moving closer to creating a real cloak of invisibility.
Researchers at Duke University, who developed a material that can “cloak” an item from detection by microwaves, report that they have expanded the number of wavelengths they can block.…
Posted in Science News Tags: Ap Washington, Breitbart, Cloak Of Invisibility, Dimensional Object, Duke University, Electromagnetic Waves, Harry Potter, Image Sky, Journal Science, Light Rays, Metamaterials, Microwaves, Mirage, Scientists, Wavelengths Comments Off December 27th, 2008 Malvika Sampat 
From Live Science:
Evidence of a key mineral on Mars has been found at several locations on the planet’s surface, suggesting that any microbial life that might have been there back when the planet was wetter could have lived comfortably.
The findings offer up intriguing new sites for future missions to probe, researchers said.…
Posted in Science News Tags: American Geophysical Union, Annual Meeting, Carbonates, Discovery, Environments, Journal Science, Live Science, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mro, Microbial Life, Missions, Nasa, Nasa Mars, San Francisco, Wetter Comments Off
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