Does truth-telling lead to better health

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Telling the truth when tempted to lie can significantly improve a person's mental and physical health, according to a "Science of Honesty" study presented at the American Psychological Association's 120th Annual Convention.

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Researchers add sense of touch to augmented
reality applications

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Technology developed by Disney Research, Pittsburgh, makes it possible to change the feel of real-world surfaces and objects, including touch-screens, walls, furniture, wooden or plastic objects, without requiring users to wear special gloves or use force-feedback devices.

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Disney Research demonstrates markerless motion
capture

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Conventional motion capture for film and game production involves multiple cameras and actors festooned with markers.

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Why the sky crane isnt the future for Mars
landings

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Given all the attention that it is receiving, the innovative technology that will place the Curiosity rover on Mars ? the sky crane ? may seem

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Brain's stem cells 'eavesdrop' to find out when
to act

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Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have figured out how stem cells found in a part of the brain responsible for learning, memory and mood regulation decide to remain dormant or create new brain cells.

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Microscopic swimming robots could deliver drugs

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When you?re just a few microns long, swimming can be difficult. At that size scale, the viscosity of water is more like that of honey, and momentum can?t be relied upon to maintain forward motion.

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Examining the early evolution of sex chromosomes

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Two new studies offer insight into sex chromosome evolution by focusing on papaya, a multimillion dollar crop plant with a sexual problem (as far as growers are concerned) and a complicated past.

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Epilepsy drug reverses memory loss

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Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered that an FDA-approved anti-epileptic drug reverses memory loss and alleviates other Alzheimer's-related impairments in an animal model of the disease.

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Extreme plasma theories put to the test

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The first controlled studies of extremely hot, dense matter have overthrown the widely accepted 50-year old model used to explain how ions influence each other's behavior in a dense plasma.

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Curiosity: Notes from the two day-after-landing
press briefings

Notes on Curiosity's physical state, future activities, landing site, and other stuff gleaned from the two press briefings conducted at JPL today.

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