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Now, a mobile application to alert Muslims to prayer times

Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 0:51
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Washington, April 6 (ANI): Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a religious application that alerts Muslim mobile users when it's time to perform the five daily prayers called salat. The application known as Sun Dial is currently being discussed this week at the human-computer interaction conference, CHI, in Boston. "We have to understand religion because it's such a central part of peoples ... Full story

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Elderly control emotions better than young adults

Thursday, March 5, 2009, 14:57
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Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): While regulating a feeling of disgust, elderly carry out memory-intensive tasks better than young adults, says a new study. The study, published in the March issue of the journal Psychology and Aging, found that regulating emotions - such as reducing negative emotions or inhibiting unwanted thoughts - is a resource-demanding process that disrupts the ability of young adults to simultaneously or subsequently ... Full story

Elderly control emotions better than young adults

Thursday, March 5, 2009, 14:55
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Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): While regulating a feeling of disgust, elderly carry out memory-intensive tasks better than young adults, says a new study. The study, published in the March issue of the journal Psychology and Aging, found that regulating emotions - such as reducing negative emotions or inhibiting unwanted thoughts - is a resource-demanding process that disrupts the ability of young adults to simultaneously or subsequently ... Full story

How we got our first teeth revealed

Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 5:22
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Washington, February 10 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a network of genes that gave humans their first tooth. Gareth Fraser, postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Tech's School of Biology, describes it as a common gene regulatory circuit that controls the development of all dentitions, from the first teeth in the throats of jawless fishes that lived half a billion years ago, to the incisors and molars of ... Full story

New technique to predict breast cancer chemotherapy outcome developed

Monday, February 2, 2009, 13:53
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Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have described a new technique for determining the "leakiness" of tumour blood vessels using a simple digital mammography unit, which can predict the results of breast cancer chemotherapy. Successful chemotherapy depends on the ability of anticancer drugs to escape from the bloodstream through the leaky blood vessels that often surround tumours. For the study, the researchers designed nanometre-sized ... Full story

Posts Tagged ‘georgia tech’

Now, a mobile application to alert Muslims to prayer times

Elderly control emotions better than young adults

Elderly control emotions better than young adults

How we got our first teeth revealed

New technique to predict breast cancer chemotherapy outcome developed

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