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Seeing brain activity helps people improve their ability to control thoughts


April 9th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 9 (ANI): University of British Columbia scientists have discovered that real-time brain feedback significantly improves people's ability to control their thoughts and effectively 'train their brains.'Their study is the world's ... Read more...

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Shark deaths pack oceans with small fish


February 20th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 20 (IANS) The oceans are increasingly becoming over-crowded with sardines thanks to the huge decline of big predators like sharks, as also tuna and cod due to overfishing, scientists say. ... Read more...

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‘Array of arrays’ offers better understanding of unfelt seismic tremor events


December 14th, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 14 (ANI): University of Washington researchers have devised a new technology that gives a better picture of how episodic tremor events relate to potentially catastrophic earthquakes, perhaps as powerful as ... Read more...

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Genes that drive aggressive brain cancers identified


December 24th, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 24 (ANI): Scientists have identified two genes that, when simultaneously activated, spur the most aggressive forms of human brain cancer.The discovery, by a team of Columbia scientists led by Antonio ... Read more...

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