News - Powered by Yahoo NewsNow, India to roll out vaccine against Rubell
India will for the first time introduce a vaccine against Rubella ? a viral disease that infects pregnant women and leads to babies being born with cardiac, cerebral, ophthalmic and auditory defects.
Tue, 15 May 2012 17:40:48 -0700 -
2012 AT&T Cordless Phone Line Delivers Feature-Rich, High-Value Phone Systems for the Best in Home Communicatio
BEAVERTON, Ore., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced American Telephones (AAT), which manufactures AT&T-branded telephones under a license agreement with AT&T Intellectual Property, today announced availability ...
Tue, 08 May 2012 05:00:00 -0700 -
Are You Buying This Apple Supplier IPO
This voice and audio chip Apple supplier goes public.
Thu, 10 May 2012 20:30:37 -0700 -
Hotel rooms a la cart
( Elhuyar Fundazioa ) Until now, whenever you booked a hotel room, you had to decide between a standard room or a suite, twin beds or a double bed, and overlooking a beach or facing inland. From now on, you will also be able to decide what type of amenities you would like to enjoy during your hotel stay, like having power-operated doors or being able to operate anything from the curtains to the ...
Fri, 18 May 2012 07:04:13 -0700 -
Cocktail Party Acoustics: Researchers Study How Humans Perceive Sound in Noisy and Complex Environment
For the ears, a cocktail party presents a chaotic scene: glasses clink, voices buzz, light piano music may waft down from the stage. A group of researchers at The John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., is trying to understand how the brain makes sense of such complex auditory environments. The team is testing how humans track sound patterns over time, and under what circumstances the brain ...
Tue, 08 May 2012 12:40:35 -0700 -
Samsung 17-Inch Series 7 Chronos Offers Powerful Desktop-Like Experience in a Sleek, Elegant Lapto
Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, today announced the 17-inch Series 7 CHRONOS, the newest addition to its existing high performance Series 7 laptop line.
Thu, 10 May 2012 06:24:00 -0700 -
Contagious Yawning: Evidence of Empathy
When is a yawn just a yawn? When is a yawn more than a yawn? Contagious yawning ? the increase in likelihood that you will yawn after watching or hearing someone else yawn ? has been of particular interest to researchers in fields as varied as primatology, developmental psychology, and psychopathology. [More]
Thu, 17 May 2012 05:56:07 -0700 -
Bats, whales have surprisingly similar bio-sonar
Copenhagen, May 9 (IANS) Though they evolved separately over millennia in different worlds of darkness, bats and toothed whales use surprisingly similar acoustic behaviour to locate, track, and capture prey using echolocation, the biological equivalent of sonar.
Wed, 09 May 2012 03:24:49 -0700 -
Even moderate noise may harm hearin
Chronic, low-level sound exposure causes deficits in rats
Tue, 15 May 2012 15:05:28 -0700 -
Ohio teen competent for trial in school shooting: judg
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday declared a teenager is competent to stand trial on juvenile charges in the deaths of three students and wounding of two in a February shooting rampage at a school in a small Ohio town. T.J. Lane, 17, who faces three counts of aggravated murder and other charges, came to court wearing a blue, collared shirt and sat next to his defense team. After a ...
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