Human acoustic processing becomes attuned to the sounds of our native language within the first year of life. Minagawa-Kawai et al. used near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to track acoustic processing in Japanese infants.
For the first time ever, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have developed a material with a negative refractive index for visible light. Ames Laboratory senior physicist Costas Soukoulis, working with colleagues in Karlsruhe, Germany, designed a silver-based, mesh-like material that marks the latest advance in the rapidly evolving field of metamaterials, materials that could lead to a wide range of new applications as varied as ultrahigh-resolution imaging systems and cloaking devices.
The high-resolution crystal structure of trimeric AcrB solved using DARPin inhibitors reveals insights into the drug export mechanism via hemi-channels in each subunit.
Labopharm Inc. (TSX: DDS; NASDAQ: DDSS) today announced that it has submitted a complete response to the approvable letter issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Company?s once-daily formulation of tramadol.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have identified a group of novel genes that are critical in organ development.
MAUREEN BLAHA, executive director of the NATIONAL RUNAWAY SWITCHBOARD: “Millions of Americans will make New Year’s resolutions to improve their lifestyle, and volunteering will once again be at the top of the list for 2007.
JEFFREY M. SMITH, founder of the INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIBLE TECHNOLOGY, is a keynote speaker and best- selling author of “Seeds of Deception”: “Consumers of any age can improve their health with one New Year’s resolution.
Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced a new guide for Illinois schools that provides them the tools they need to proactively plan and prepare for a pandemic flu outbreak. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) jointly prepared the School Guidance During an Influenza Pandemic document.
A new process for chemical patterning combines molecular self-assembly with traditional lithography to create multifunctional surfaces in precise patterns at the molecular level. The process allows scientists to create surfaces with varied chemical functionalities and promises to extend lithography to applications beyond traditional semiconductors.
Two Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) research teams working independently have discovered new information about how the botulinum neurotoxin shuts down neurons with deadly efficiency. By providing detailed views of the toxin plugged into its neuronal receptor, the new studies could aid efforts to engineer specialized versions of the powerful neurotoxin that is used to treat a wide array of medical problems.