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Scientists create program to calculate body shape

harminka — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:46:18 -0500

Computer scientists at Brown University have created a computer program that for the first time can accurately estimate the human body's shape from digital images or video. Brown has filed two provisional patents covering the technology, which may be used in the fashion, film, video gaming and sports medicine industries, as well as forensics.

Regulating energy supply to the brain during fasting

harminka — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:49:27 -0500

If the current financial climate has taught us anything, it's that a system where over-borrowing goes unchecked eventually ends in disaster. It turns out this rule applies as much to our bodies as it does to economics. Instead of cash, our body deals in energy borrowed from muscle and given to the brain.

Fabric-friendly microcapsules hide unpleasant body odors

harminka — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:03:57 -0500

Researchers in Portugal are reporting development of a new type of "microcapsule" filled with perfume and embedded in fabric for production of scented suits, socks, undergarments and other clothing.

IRI To Launch MunoTM Boost - Immune System Booster

annawootton — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:47:09 -0500

IRI Separation Technologies (TSX.V:IRI) is the manufacturer of a remarkable new dietary supplement that enhances the human body’s natural immune system through direct supplementation of actual antibodies . The product will be available in the United States and Canada under the brand name “Muno Boost” and will be available as an over-the-counter dietary supplement in pharmacies and through direct marketing.

How body size is regulated

harminka — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:10:22 -0500

Scientists are beginning to unravel the question why people distinctly vary in size. In cooperation with scientists of the HelmholtzZentrum München, an international genome-wide study has discovered ten new genes that influence body height and thus provides new insights into biological pathways that are important for human growth.

New research shows slight of hand is not so slight

harminka — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:40:28 -0500

Typing on a keyboard or scribbling on paper may be similar activities, but there is a significant difference in how the body moves, according to new motor development research.

New research adds to growing body of knowledge of genetics of height

harminka — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:15:37 -0500

Scientists are beginning to develop a clearer picture of what makes some people stand head and shoulders above the rest. A team of researchers who last year identified the first common version of a gene influencing height has now identified a further twenty regions of the genome which together can make a height difference of up to 6cm.

Mind and body together lean toward ‘truthiness’

harminka — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:38:23 -0600

‘Truthiness,’ according to television satirist Stephen Colbert, represents the human preference to follow our intuition despite the presence of facts or evidence. For example, the more ambiguous an answer to a question, the more likely an individual will believe it is truthful.

Genetic variant linked to odor perception

harminka — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:07:15 -0500

Why the same sweaty man smells pleasant to one person and repellant to another comes down to the smeller’s genes.

Gene determines whether male body odor smells pleasant

harminka — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:58:14 -0500

Largest study of its kind reveals that an ingredient in male body odor can smell like urine or take on a vanilla scent depending on single odorant receptor gene

Liposuctioned fat stem cells repair defects and heal injuries in body

harminka — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:29:09 -0600

Cancer that colonizes our bodies

harminka — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:55:12 -0600