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Science27 May 2011

Scans show it's not only sight that helps us get our bearings

Our brain's understanding of spatial awareness is not triggered by sight alone, scientists have found, in a development that could help design technology for the visually impaired. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found that our brain can use other senses – such as touch – to help us understand spatial awareness. Scientists took MRI brain scans of both sighted volunteers and others who had been blind since birth while they examined three-dimensional spaces. Both groups were first asked to feel three dimensional Lego models representing a geometric layout ...

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Science27 May 2011

Yorkshire Hotel Owner Wins Charity Award

Karen Weaving, who raises funds for Cancer Research UK through charity work carried out by the Ribble Valley and White Rose Ladies Committee, has discovered that the Committee have been selected to receive a Flame of Hope Award. The Flame of Hope award is given each year to groups and individuals in recognition of their tireless efforts to raise funds for the charity. Cancer Research UK have been receiving nominations for the award over the last few months and Karen and the White Rose Ladies have been chosen by the charity's awards panel as joint winners of the 'Fundraising ...

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Science27 May 2011

Worm study yields insights on humans, parasites and iron deficiency

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Using a tiny bloodless worm, University of Maryland Associate Professor Iqbal Hamza and his team have discovered a large piece in the puzzle of how humans, and other organisms safely move iron around in the body. The findings, published in the journal Cell, could lead to new methods for treating age-old scourges - parasitic worm infections, which affect more than a quarter of the world's population, and iron deficiency, the world's number one nutritional disorder. Using C. elegans, a common microscopic worm that lives in dirt, Hamza and his team ...

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Science27 May 2011

Promotional Activity Brings Fantastic Result for Online Dating Site Singles Warehouse

Promotional Activity brings fantastic result for Online Dating Site Singles Warehouse Singles Warehouse, the UK's newest and preferred Online Dating site has been attracting new members without the traditional Pay per Click approach. Thanks to the help of Magic Freebies UK, the UK's Leading Freebie and Competition website we attracted the UK's bargain and freebie hunters to our site. Sending out 8 new offers every day and a very active email list makes this approach one of the best for businesses to connect to a new audience. Members grew a fantastic 103% month ...

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Social Science27 May 2011

UMD-led researchers assess pivotal cultural differences among countries and why these exist

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – In today's world, conflicts and misunderstandings frequently arise between those who are from more restrictive cultures and those from less restrictive ones. Now, a new international study led by the University of Maryland offers insights that may help bridge such cultural differences. Published in the May 27 issue of the journal Science, the study for the first time assesses the degree to which countries are restrictive versus permissive and what factors have made them that way. The researcher's findings reveal wide variation in the degree to ...

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Medicine27 May 2011

Iron-ferrying protein may be 'universal Achilles heel' for parasitic worms

Researchers have discovered a tiny protein without which the soil and lab-dwelling worm C. elegans can't deliver iron-rich heme taken in from their diets to the rest of their bodies or to their developing embryos. The finding reported in the May 27th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, offers important insight into the transport of the essential ingredient in worms and other animals, including humans. Researchers say it also suggests a strategy for the development of drugs aimed at parasitic worms, which affect more than a quarter of the world's human ...

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Science27 May 2011

Link-Assistant.Com Launches SEO Crash-Test Lab, Reviews Submitted Sites to Advance SEO Knowledge

Link-Assistant.Com, the maker of the celebrated SEO PowerSuite toolkit, has launched an unprecedented project on their SEO blog - SEO Crash-Test Lab. It is aimed at advancing SEO knowledge in the global Web marketing community, simultaneously giving site owners a unique opportunity to showcase their websites and get a free piece of professional SEO advice. Link-Assistant.Com SEO experts are going to select 3-4 random sites for an online review each week. They will provide critical SEO advice for each crash-tested website and post it to their Link-Assistant.Com SEO blog. ...

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Science27 May 2011

Fish oil may have positive effects on mood, alcohol craving, new study shows

INDIANAPOLIS – Omega 3 fatty acids may be beneficial for more than just the heart. Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine disclosed at a molecular level a potential therapeutic benefit between these dietary supplements, alcohol abuse and psychiatric disorders. In a multi-year study, researchers showed conclusive behavioral and molecular benefits for omega 3 fatty acid given to mice models of bipolar disorder. The fatty acid DHA, which is one of the main active ingredients in fish oil, "normalized their behavior," according to Alexander B. Niculescu, M.D., ...

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Technology27 May 2011

The quantum computer is growing up

A general rule in data processing is that disturbances cause the distortion or deletion of information during data storage or transfer. Methods for conventional computers were developed that automatically identify and correct errors: Data are processed several times and if errors occur, the most likely correct option is chosen. As quantum systems are even more sensitive to environmental disturbances than classical systems, a quantum computer requires a highly efficient algorithm for error correction. The research group of Rainer Blatt from the Institute for Experimental ...

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Physics27 May 2011

Laser Pointers Shop Lazerpoint Gives Out 200 Dollar Survival Kits At Grand Opening

Laser enthusiasts will get the opportunity to win a prize pack worth almost 200 dollars as portion of the promotion this week by a new online laser and light equipment site. Laser pointers shop Lazerpoint opened its doors this Tuesday and provided the laser fans with the opportunity to win a prize pack worth around $200 to shoppers who purchased the most stuff to May 19. The online laser pointers site also offered several deep discounts including a $35 1000 lumen LED flashlight and discounts of 3% to 25% covering a wide range of products till Jun 17. Johnson Gray, ...

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Science27 May 2011

Children who sleep less are more likely to be overweight

Young children who do not get enough sleep are at increased risk of becoming overweight, even after taking account of lifestyle factors, finds a study published on bmj.com today. Several studies have shown a relatively consistent relation between shorter sleep duration and increased body weight in children, but doctors are still not sure how sleep and body composition interact in early childhood and whether this shows cause and effect. So a team of researchers in New Zealand set out to investigate whether reduced sleep is associated with differences in body composition ...

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Science27 May 2011

enprovia launches new light-weight Enterprise Content Management client for Apple Macintosh

BlueJet is a native, easy-to-use Mac OS X program enabling users to manage their corporate content on their Macs. It is fully integrated in the Mac OS X environment and compatible with most common ECM systems. BlueJet allows easy editing of documents located in Enterprise Content Management systems and automatically synchronizes local copies of any documents, making the work with documents transparent and efficient. Users can download documents and store them in an encrypted Vault area for later offline use. A so-called smart folder keeps track of the latest documents ...

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Energy27 May 2011

Nuclear radiation affects baby gender

Ionizing radiation is not without danger to human populations. Indeed, exposure to nuclear radiation leads to an increase in male births relative to female births, according to a new study by Hagen Scherb and Kristina Voigt from the Helmholtz Zentrum München. Their work shows that radiation from atomic bomb testing before the Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963, the Chernobyl accident, and from living near nuclear facilities, has had a long-term negative effect on the ratio of male to female human births (sex odds). Their work is published in the June issue of Springer's journal, ...

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Environment27 May 2011

Modern EU agriculture jeopardizes biodiversity in new member states

This release is available in German. Sighişoara/Leipzig. Traditional agricultural practices can make a major contribution to preserving biodiversity in the EU's new member states in Central and Eastern Europe. By contrast, the construction of roads and the intensification of agriculture currently encouraged by EU farming subsidies pose a threat to amphibians. The rich natural environment still extant in many accession countries is under threat, according to scientists writing in the journal Biological Conservation. The researchers from Romania, Germany and the ...

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Science27 May 2011

Great Workplace Workshop Offered For The First Time In New Jersey

Donna Price, President of Compass Rose Consulting and Co-Founder of the Real World Leadership Institute is pleased to announce the introduction of a new workshop entitled: Great Workplace . Based on a many years of research and training conducted at the Great Place to Work Institute—producers of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For Annual List—The Great Workplace: Building Trust and Inspiring Performance Workshop provides managers with a set of powerful, effective exercises that will help them understand the conceptual and practical considerations of creating a high-trust ...

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Environment27 May 2011

Solar inverters: Losses are cut in half

This release is available in German. »It was a matter of minutes,« Dr. Heribert Schmidt remembers the day in spring of 2002. To find opportunities for improvement, he had often pondered about the switching plan of an inverter while in his office at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany. A sudden flash of inspiration – and a solution that was ingeniously simple came to his mind. He immediately went to get an inverter from the laboratory, laid a few new strips and installed two additional semiconductor switches. »Then it required only ...

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Science27 May 2011

A Proficient Wedding Videographer turns your Wedding into a Lifelong Treasured Possession

"There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage", says Martin Luther. So, it's important to nurture that beautiful wedding occasion throughout our life. Having a videotape of your wedding will preserve the magic of your special day alive and it will become your most treasures possessions. This can be done only by an expert wedding videographer, who has the ability to turn your wedding into a wedding film that you'll cherish and enjoy watching and sharing with your loved ones forever. You can't blindly choose ...

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Technology27 May 2011

Digital Vidya spreads Social Media Madness in Singapore in June

After the success of their first bootcamp on International grounds, Digital Vidya, India's premier digital marketing training company, will be spreading the Social Media madness in Singapore again on Jun 09 and 10, 2011. On their first visit there, Digital Vidya witnessed a hall full of social media enthusiasts from the city of Singapore. In association with TiE Singapore and a mission to spread the Digital Vidya globally, Mr. Pradeep Chopra and Kapil Nakra led a workshop of over 30 people, helping them build and nurture digital marketing talent and helping them leverage ...

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Science27 May 2011

The hand as a joystick

This release is available in German. Before a new vehicle rolls off the assembly lines, it first takes shape as a virtual model. In a cave – a room for the virtual representation of objects - the developers look at it from all sides, they »sit« in it, they examine and improve it. For example, are all the switches easy to reach? The developers have so far used a joystick to interact with the computer which displays the virtual car model. In the future, they will be able to do so without such an aid – their hand alone is intended to be enough to provide the computer with ...

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Medicine27 May 2011

Outpost Security Suite Outperforms Industry Average Antivirus by 84%

The Internet security experts at Agnitum are pleased to announce that Outpost Security Suite Pro (OSS Pro) 7.1 has aced performance tests carried out by Russia's respected Anti-Malware Test Lab in May 2011. OSS Pro 7.1 received 3 Gold Awards for its high-speed performance. Internet security product Outpost Pro 7.1 performed optimally on the majority of tests, leaving far behind many competing products. PC security products delivered by AVG, Avast, Avira, Eset, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee, Norton, TrendMicro also participated in the Anti-Malware's testing. When compared ...

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Science27 May 2011

Innovations for tomography

This release is available in German. Is the component ok or have errors been made during production? Are the inner structures built up as intended? This can be examined with an X-ray tomograph: it takes numerous X-ray images and combines them into cross-sections. This way, one gets a three dimensional model of the component without having to destroy it. Currently these apparatuses usually weigh uo to several tons, with even the lightest ones still weighing approximately 50 kilograms. During the work on his Diploma thesis at the Development Center for X-Ray Technology ...

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Science27 May 2011

Blaupunkt Chooses iGO primo Navigation for New Aftermarket Product

NNG LLC, a leading navigation solution provider and developer of the iGO primo navigation software, and Blaupunkt a leading brand for quality and innovative car radios, sound components and consumer electronics in Europe and worldwide, jointly announce the new New York 800 aftermarket infotainment unit with navigation and communication functions. Designed for the increasing number of upgradeable 2DIN car radio compartments, the New York 800 is already available in Germany, and will shortly be launched in other countries all over the world. iGO primo is the optimal navigation ...

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Science27 May 2011

Study: Hormone level predicts end of fertility

The age-specific blood levels of the Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) can predict when women will reach menopause. This makes family planning easier, say fertility researchers from the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. Their findings were published online May 26 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Generally, women enter menopause between the age of forty and sixty. A woman's fertility, however, ends ten years prior to this and in the most unfavorable circumstances occurs around the age of thirty. With regard to family planning and a career, ...

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Science27 May 2011

Agoda.com Presents Festive Hotel Deals for Estate Romana 2011

Agoda.com, Asia's global hotel booking site and part of the Nasdaq-listed Priceline.com Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLN), announces a host of summer hotel deals in Rome to coincide with Estate Romana. Now in its 34th year, Estate Romana is a citywide celebration of all things artistic, musical, and cultural. From pop and rock concerts to classical recitals, art exhibitions, and theatre performances, this summer-long spectacular encapsulates the very spirit of Italy's chic and vibrant capital. For those who like their music live and loud, Rock in Roma is not to be missed. With ...

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Medicine27 May 2011

Medicines from plants

This release is available in German. »Medicines from plants« – one thinks of herbal teas or valerian drops. However, that has nothing in common with what the researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME in Aachen, Germany, are doing. They use plants to produce biopharmaceuticals. Those are proteins that, unlike many other medications, cannot be chemically produced. Biologically produced medications, such as recombinant insulin or therapeutic antibodies to fight cancer, have become indispensable. Plants are particularly suitable ...

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