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Beckham's love life is more on children's minds than dolls or Playstations
David Beckham's love life is more on the minds of seven-year-old children than their toys or clothing, according to new research from the University of Bath. They also see the England football captain as both a 'hero' and a 'villain', and use his on and off the field actions to understand whether something is 'right' or 'wrong'.
University of Bath
Contact: Andrew McLaughlin
a.mclaughlin@bath.ac.uk
44-122-538-6883
University of Bath
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Cincinnati surgeon leads first test of mobile robotic surgery
A team of military, telecommunications and surgical experts led by University of Cincinnati (UC) faculty are using an unmanned aircraft and sophisticated communication tools to take the next step toward making "telesurgery" a reality.
Contact: Amanda Harper
amanda.harper@uc.edu
513-558-4657
University of Cincinnati
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NeuronWhy we could all do with a siesta
The Spaniards may have been right all along -- a siesta after a hearty lunch is natural, new research suggests.
Contact: Aeron Haworth
aeron.haworth@manchester.ac.uk
44-771-788-1563
University of Manchester
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NatureNorth Pole's ancient past holds lessons for future global warming
Detailed information on greenhouse gasses and a subtropical heat wave at the North Pole 55 million years ago is providing information about the Earth's past as well as a portent for its future, according to reports in the June 1 issue of Nature. An expedition to the Artic Ocean in 2004 by a team of scientists aboard a fleet of icebreakers collected samples by drilling into the floor of the ocean.
National Science Foundation; Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling; People's Republic of China Ministry of Science and Technology
Contact: Janet Rettig Emanuel
janet.emanuel@yale.edu
203-432-2157
Yale University
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American Sociological ReviewAffairs of the heart matter to boys, too, sociologists find
Teenage boys have feelings, too, and when it comes to matters of the heart, they may not be so fleeting after all. Not far beneath the bravado often on display is an unsure adolescent who finds it hard to express emotions that, while new, are nonetheless often sincerely felt.
NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Contact: Johanna Olexy
pubinfo@asanet.org
202-247-9871
American Sociological Association
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Robots manipulating animal behaviour
A pet dog sits on command, but nobody expects an insect to follow human instructions. So it may come as a surprise to learn that researchers recently succeeded in controlling cockroaches with tiny mobile robots. The results hint at a future where we can interact and communicate with many different kinds of animal.
Contact: Tara Morris
news@istresults.info
322-286-1985
IST Results
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How long is a day on Saturn?
Measuring the rotation period of a rocky planet like the Earth is easy, but similar measurements for planets made of gas, such as Saturn, pose problems. Researchers from JPL, Imperial College London and UCLA present new results in this week's Nature (4th May 2006) that may solve the mystery. Using the magnetometer instrument on Cassini, they have found a clear period in the magnetic field of the planet that they believe indicates a day of 10 hours and 47 minutes.
Contact: Julia Maddock
Julia.maddock@pparc.ac.uk
44-179-344-2094
Science and Technology Facilities Council
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Pediatric Academic SocietiesMothers often have inaccurate perceptions of their children's body weight, study shows
Latina mothers of preschool-aged children frequently have inaccurate perceptions of their children's body mass index and believe they are healthy when they are overweight, according to a new study from the University of California, San Francisco.
NIH/National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Contact: Phyllis Brown
pbrown@pubaff.ucsf.edu
415-476-2557
University of California - San Francisco
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ScienceUC Berkeley researchers create a biologically-inspired artificial compound eye
Using the eyes of insects such as dragonflies and houseflies as models, a team of bioengineers at University of California, Berkeley, has created a series of artificial compound eyes. These eyes can eventually be used as cameras or sensory detectors to capture visual or chemical information from a wider field of vision than previously possible.
Contact: Liese Greensfelder
lieseg@berkeley.edu
510-643-7741
University of California - Berkeley
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A flying carpet to take us to Pluto
A giant flexible solar panel unfurled in space could one day provide power to space shuttles on long-haul space flights. Although a long way before the technology becomes a reality, researchers believe it may provide a practical alternative to nuclear propulsion – considered undesirable because of a potential accident.
Contact: Claire Bowles
claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk
44-207-611-1210
New Scientist
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