July 2012
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June 2012
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New Molecules Important for Vision and Brain...
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ScienceDaily (June 11, 2012) — In a pair of related studies, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified several proteins that help regulate cells’ response to light — and the development of night blindness, a rare disease that abolishes the ability to see in dim light.
In the new studies, published recently in the journals Proceedings...
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May 2012
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Scientists uncover deja vu mystery
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May 28, 2012
In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom have discovered a link between the déjà vu phenomenon and structures in the human brain, effectively confirming the neurological origin of this phenomenon. Despite past studies investigating this phenomenon in healthy individuals, no concrete evidence had ever emerged … until...
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The assassin bug of Malaysia wears the bodies of...
iheartchaos:
If you’re going to be a bug, you might as well be the most badass bug in existence. And a good candidate for such a title might go to the assassin bug of Malaysia, a predatory insect that wears the bodies of its slain victims all over its body as armor. That’s what I would do if I were a bug.
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