Items tagged with Human

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New Invisibility Cloak Closer to Working Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 - 18:21:01 - Anuradha Menon Harry Potter and Bilbo Baggins, take note: Scientists are a step closer to conquering the "magic" of invisibility. Many earlier cloaking... read more

How Mechanical Turk is Broken Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 - 09:41:33 - Anuradha Menon Amazon's Mechanical Turk is important because in a perfect world, it could be the ultimate hub for the "human cloud" -- an amorphous... read more

New Type of Ancient Human Found Sunday, December 26th, 2010 - 09:43:49 - Anuradha Menon A previously unknown kind of human—the Denisovans—likely roamed Asia for thousands of years, probably interbreeding occasionally with humans like you... read more

Human Drumkit Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 - 12:20:20 - Anuradha Menon Daito Manabe has a history of conducting quirky, painful experiments in which he administers shocks to the human body -- usually his own -- powerful... read more

Human Brain Stem Cells Grown in Rats Sunday, December 12th, 2010 - 18:28:58 - Anuradha Menon Stem cells from the human brain that were transplanted into the brains of newborn rats have matured and are able to function just like native rat... read more

Testing Autism Drugs in Human Brain Cells Saturday, November 13th, 2010 - 09:09:47 - Anuradha Menon Autism is a highly complex disorder affecting one in every 110 children born in the United States. The disease's genetic profile and behavioral... read more

'Hidden' Language Found in Remote India Monday, October 11th, 2010 - 09:02:35 - Anuradha Menon A "hidden" language has been documented in an isolated hill tribe in a northeastern Indian region considered a "black hole" in the study of... read more

Watching a Gene at Work Monday, July 19th, 2010 - 16:03:45 - Ehud Rattner Scientists have viewed the expression of an individual gene inside a human cell. Knowledge of the real-time dynamics of gene expression may help... read more

Human Sperm Gene Hasn't Changed Friday, July 16th, 2010 - 16:38:36 - Anuradha Menon The gene in men that's responsible for sperm production is 600 million years old and appears to be the only gene exclusively required for sperm... read more

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