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	Scientists to Adjust The Human Brain's Clock For Easier Adaptation to the 24.65 Hour Day On Mars
...he results of the research showed that a human can be prepared for a year-and-a-half visit to Mars. It is worth mentioning that one Martian day lasts 24.65 hours. Not being able to reset the internal clock, in order to carry through the longer day, a person would feel like being in a continuous state of sleep disturbance. Researchers studied 12 healthy participants aged between 22 to 33, who had regularly slept 8 hour ...
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	Software Programmers Cannot Reach Supercomputers
... the actual performance remained almost the same. This is because of the issues linked with power and heat. "Currently, transistor performance is limited by power constraints, causing microprocessor clock speeds to saturate and high-performance microprocessor cores to dissipate more power than simpler alternatives," Tilak Agerwala, vice president of systems at IBM Research mentioned. Intel, IBM, AMD and Sun, as the maj...
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	Ten Unnoticed Effects of Global Warming
... (as mentioned in point 10), thus animals that wait until the plants' usual blooming time to start their migration might miss all the food. And only animals able to evolve and to reset their biologic clocks will make it to places of greenest grass and beautiful pastures. Ultimately, these species will be able to pass their genes to following generations, changing the genetic code according to current global situation. So...
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	Schizophrenia Mouse Grown to Find a Key to Mental Health
...ptoms of this complex brain disorder. Mouse model of schizophrenia is the first animal model created for research purposes. The mouse is genetically changed to have the behavioral patterns and anatomical changes that happen when a person suffers from this disorder. Earlier, Akira Sawa, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry and neuroscience together with other researches discovered the DISC1 gene that is...
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	Japan Marks the 62nd Anniversary of Hiroshima's Atomic Bombing
...Japan will never forget Hiroshima. Recently the country market the 62nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II. On Monday there was a solemn ceremony. During the ceremony the mayor of Hiroshima criticized the United States that ignored the proposal to stop its program for producing nuclear weapons. The Peace Memorial Park gathered tens of thousands of children, elderly survivors, as well as ...
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	One Million of 100-Year-Olds by 2050, Half of Them to Face Dementia
...quences of being in danger of developing dementia. The scientist warns that in future the government will have to provide millions of demented or disabled elderly people with individual round-the-clock care for decades to come. Yet nothing is done at the moment to prevent the problem, and death, dying and dementia are not listed on the political agenda. Dr Brown suggests the government and the scientific world sho...
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