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Machines Edge Closer To Imitating Human Communication

Machines Edge Closer To Imitating Human Communication

   As part of the 18th Loebner Prize, all of the artificial conversational entities (ACEs) competing to pass the Turing Test have managed to fool at least one of their human interrogators that they were in fact communicating with a human rather than a machine.

Posted : Mon, Oct 13, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

WHO calls for urgent scaling up of services for mental disorders

WHO calls for urgent scaling up of services for mental disorders

   More than 75% of people suffering from mental disorders in the developing world receive no treatment or care. A new WHO programme launched today, on World Mental Health Day 2008 highlights the huge treatment gap for a number of mental, neurological and substance use disorders.

Posted : Sat, Oct 11, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

FDA Clears New CDC Test to Detect Human Influenza

FDA Clears New CDC Test to Detect Human Influenza

   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday cleared a new test developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to diagnose human influenza infections and the highly pathogenic influenza A (H5N1) viruses.

Posted : Wed, Oct 01, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Duke Study: Knee Replacement Improves Mobility at Any Age

Duke Study: Knee Replacement Improves Mobility at Any Age

   The study's findings could help doctors and patients make more informed decisions when considering the procedure.

Posted : Tue, Sep 30, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

U-M scientists selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators

U-M scientists selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators

   Two researchers at the University of Michigan have been appointed as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.

Posted : Fri, May 30, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Rare genetic disease protects carriers against malaria

Rare genetic disease protects carriers against malaria

   Researchers from McGill University and the University of Toronto have discovered that the mutation which causes pyruvate kinase deficiency - a genetic disorder of blood cells - protects its carriers against malaria.

Posted : Wed, Apr 23, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Greenpeace calls on Philips to take responsibility for its e-waste

Greenpeace calls on Philips to take responsibility for its e-waste

   Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Philips) is failing to take responsibility for the take-back of its used products.

Posted : Mon, Mar 31, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Yerkes Researchers Identify Language Feature Unique to Human Brain

Yerkes Researchers Identify Language Feature Unique to Human Brain

   Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have identified a language feature unique to the human brain that is shedding light on how human language evolved.

Posted : Fri, Mar 28, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Gift launches fund to support stem cell research at University of Michigan

Gift launches fund to support stem cell research at University of Michigan

   Gift from Robert and Marge Alpern will aid U-M scientists' efforts in all types of stem cell research

Posted : Tue, Feb 19, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

EPA Recognizes Crown Cork and Seal for its Environmental Leadership

EPA Recognizes Crown Cork and Seal for its Environmental Leadership

   EPA commends Crown Cork and Seal for demonstrating how facilities can make changes in carrying out their work in a more environmentally-protective way.

Posted : Fri, Feb 01, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Hopkins Team Identifies Autism Susceptibility Gene

Hopkins Team Identifies Autism Susceptibility Gene

   Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a common genetic alteration that appears to be associated with autism only when inherited by sons from their mother.

Posted : Wed, Jan 23, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Team IDs weakness in anthrax bacteria

Team IDs weakness in anthrax bacteria

   MIT and New York University researchers have identified a weakness in the defenses of the anthrax bacterium that could be exploited to produce new antibiotics.

Posted : Wed, Jan 23, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

New study focuses on eye movement

New study focuses on eye movement

   A scientist has uncovered one of the "missing links" in understanding visual signals that determine where and why we move our eyes to focus on details in our environment.

Posted : Tue, Jan 22, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

NASA Announces Study Proposal on Design of Human Lunar Lander

NASA Announces Study Proposal on Design of Human Lunar Lander

   NASA's Constellation Program has released a broad agency announcement for study proposals to evaluate human landing craft concepts for exploring the moon.

Posted : Tue, Jan 15, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Social Stress + Darkness = Increased Anxiety

Social Stress + Darkness = Increased Anxiety

   Just in time for Halloween, researchers are releasing new data that show darkness increases the impact of social stress, in an article scheduled for publication in the November 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry.

Posted : Tue, Oct 23, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

Infection Contributes To The High Rates Of Oropharyngeal Cancers

Infection Contributes To The High Rates Of Oropharyngeal Cancers

   Though the overall incidence of head and neck cancers has fallen in the United States, the rate of oropharyngeal cancers is stagnant and appears to be rising is certain populations and these trends are likely due to oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.

Posted : Wed, Aug 29, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

Folate Mystery Finally Solved

Folate Mystery Finally Solved

   Some biochemical processes, especially those in bacteria, have been so well studied it's assumed that no discoveries are left to be made.

Posted : Sat, Aug 25, 2007

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Natural Chemical Found In Broccoli Helps Combat Skin Blistering Disease

Natural Chemical Found In Broccoli Helps Combat Skin Blistering Disease

   Johns Hopkins scientists have found yet another reason why you should listen to your mother when she tells you to eat your vegetables.

Posted : Sat, Aug 25, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

Brains Learn Better At Night

Brains Learn Better At Night

   If you think that the idea of a morning person or an evening person is nonsense, then postgraduate student Martin Sale and his colleagues from the University of Adelaide have news for you.

Posted : Thu, Aug 23, 2007

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

New Research Proves Single Origin Of Humans In Africa

New Research Proves Single Origin Of Humans In Africa

   New research published in the journal Nature (19 July) has proved the single origin of humans theory by combining studies of global genetic variations in humans with skull measurements across the world. The research, at the University of Cambridge and funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), represents a final blow for supporters of a multiple origins of humans theory.

Posted : Fri, Jul 20, 2007

Category : Science / General-Sciences News
 
 
 
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