A study presented last Sunday at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Amsterdam suggests that low-fat yogurt intake during pregnancy may increase the chance of a child developing asthma and hay fever later in life. The goal of the study was to determine whether fatty acids found in dairy products could protect children from developing allergic diseases.
Who: Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology What: MIT's quarter-sized energy harvester harnesses energy for wireless sensors from low frequency vibrations such as those found in pipelines, bridges and other environmental low-power energy sources.
Using neuroimaging techniques, neuroscientists have been able to determine that auditory and visual systems in the brain interact with memory and attention areas, enabling people to recognize and combine individual faces with unique voices.
