If you could pause time for an instant and make yourself small enough to discern individual molecules, the far right of this image is what you might see when one brain cell communicates with another across a synapse--the point of contact between two nerve cells. How the brain senses, thinks, learns and emotes depends on how all its nerve cells, or neurons, communicate with one another. And as a result, many laboratories are working feverishly to understand how synapses function--and how psychiatric drugs, which target them, improve patients’ lives
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Read More »Carbon capture projects up in 2010, despite costs
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - The number of projects for capturing greenhouse gases from power plants and factories edged up in 2010 despite soaring costs and slow progress in U.N.-led efforts to slow climate change, a study showed on Tuesday. [More]
Read More »DailyBooth Wants Your Next Status Update to Be a Photo, Gets Investment to Help
Photo-based life-blogging phenomenon DailyBooth just revealed that it's raised around $6 million in venture capital to grow the young company dramatically.
Read More »The International Smart Gear Competition Opens
The numbers of fish and other ocean life have dropped dramatically in the past few decades. That’s because of commercial overfishing, and something called bycatch. [More]
Read More »China Unveils Green Targets
By Jane Qiu Growing environmental costs and energy demands have persuaded China's leaders that the country cannot sustain its breakneck economic growth. [More]
Read More »Personalized iPad Magazine Zite Learns As You Read, Challenges Flipboard
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Read More »PGT: Tiger’s swing coach responds to critics
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Read More »PGT: Watson talks about joys of shotmaking
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Read More »PGT: Players have differing views on being No. 1
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Read More »China Trying to Harness 2 Trillion Tons of Coal Reserves for Global Energy Dominance
Coal may be the most loathed energy source among sustainability advocates, but it isn't going anywhere, especially now that governments are investing billions in carbon capture and sequestration projects for coal plants. Any country with significant coal reserves and a government that pays little attention to safety and environmental hazards stands to profit handsomely.
Read More »PC Industry Is Apple’s Plaything
Apple has some hot products on sale, and its designs push many an envelope. But are its decisions skewing the PC industry somewhat
Read More »Kid born to be a sports star? Take genetic test
Some parents say mail-order tests help them steer kids to appropriate sports; doctors and ethicists remain skeptical
Read More »PGT: Kaymer preps for first tourney as latest king
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Read More »McIlroy opinions spun into criticism of Tiger
Rory McIlroy has said nothing wrong.
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