<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Taking ecstasy once can damage memory : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/"/><tagline>Taking ecstasy once can damage memory : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-12-02T01:24:14+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Taking ecstasy once can damage memory]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/25298/1/" /><id>25298</id><summary><![CDATA[Taking ecstasy once can damage memory]]></summary><issued>2007-06-26T22:30:47+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-26T22:30:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Researchers at Hertfordshire University did not find a link between persistent ecstasy taking and continued memory deterioration, suggesting that one-off use can be enough to cause life-long damage.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[ Prescription Ecstasy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42552/1/" /><id>42552</id><summary><![CDATA[ Prescription Ecstasy]]></summary><issued>2007-11-26T17:57:04+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-26T17:57:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists are claiming ecstasy could become a prescribed drug for post-traumatic disorder within the next five years. The drug MDMA, could take a step toward medical respectability. Researchers in South Carolina have begun experimenting with MDMA.<br/>Studies will also start in Switzerland and Israel.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Researchers Unlock Key To Memory Storage In Brain]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/17419/1/" /><id>17419</id><summary><![CDATA[Researchers Unlock Key To Memory Storage In Brain]]></summary><issued>2007-04-22T06:26:06+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-22T06:26:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists know little about how the brain assigns cells to participate in encoding and storing memories. Now a UCLA/University of Toronto team has discovered that a protein called CREB controls the odds of a neuron playing a role in memory formation.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists unveil the 'face' of newly encoded memory]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/29418/1/" /><id>29418</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists unveil the 'face' of newly encoded memory]]></summary><issued>2007-07-29T09:46:20+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-29T09:46:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have made a breakthrough in the fulfilment of a century-old dream of neuroscientists to visualize a memory by capturing, for the first time, images of the changes in brain cell connections following a common form of learning.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA['Light trap' is a step towards quantum memory ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/40990/1/" /><id>40990</id><summary><![CDATA['Light trap' is a step towards quantum memory ]]></summary><issued>2007-11-07T21:03:50+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-07T21:03:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Two teams have independently succeeded in placing a cloud of chilled rubidium atoms within an optical cavity, which traps light between two opposed mirrors. The combination could one day form a quantum memory element.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Goldfish three-second memory myth busted]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/51161/1/" /><id>51161</id><summary><![CDATA[Goldfish three-second memory myth busted]]></summary><issued>2008-02-18T21:58:57+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-18T21:58:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[There is a popular belief that goldfish only have a three-second memory span and every lap of their fishbowl is like seeing the world for the first time. But a 15-year-old schoolboy from Adelaide has just debunked that theory. He has conducted a simple experiment, which proves that the humble goldfish is smarter than we think.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Buckyballs give flash a boost]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/59253/1/" /><id>59253</id><summary><![CDATA[Buckyballs give flash a boost]]></summary><issued>2008-04-22T08:10:43+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-22T08:10:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Flash memory, the workhorse of mobile phones and digital cameras, could be made more efficient by using buckyballs. These spherical fullerene molecules, comprised of 60 carbon atoms, would allow flash memory to operate at a lower voltage and save on power...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Medicinal Ecstasy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/4576/1/" /><id>4576</id><summary><![CDATA[Medicinal Ecstasy]]></summary><issued>2006-10-27T12:11:04+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-27T12:11:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Ecstasy may be a good medicinal drug for people with Parkinson's. Ecstasy boosts the number of dopamine-producing cells in the brain - the type that decline in those with the disease.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ecstasy tested on war trauma victims]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/59630/1/" /><id>59630</id><summary><![CDATA[Ecstasy tested on war trauma victims]]></summary><issued>2008-04-25T09:33:26+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-25T09:33:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An Israeli medical team has started tests using the drug ecstasy as a treatment for conflict-linked post-traumatic disorders, according to reports in the Maariv daily.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Intel marries processor to memory]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/1489/1/" /><id>1489</id><summary><![CDATA[Intel marries processor to memory]]></summary><issued>2006-09-28T14:40:39+01:00</issued><modified>2006-09-28T14:40:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Increase memory speed?  Get rid of the memory chip.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[How memories are made, and recalled]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/76385/1/" /><id>76385</id><summary><![CDATA[How memories are made, and recalled]]></summary><issued>2008-09-16T09:34:35+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-16T09:34:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For the first time, scientists at UCLA and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have recorded individual brain cells in the act of calling up a memory, thus revealing where in the brain a specific memory is stored and how the brain is able to recreate it.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[teacher accused of taking pictures up a female student's skirt]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35439/1/" /><id>35439</id><summary><![CDATA[teacher accused of taking pictures up a female student's skirt]]></summary><issued>2007-09-12T15:51:02+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-12T15:51:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A trial has been ordered for a Byron Center teacher accused of taking photos up a 15-year-old girl's skirt in class.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Chimps Outscore College Students on Memory Test]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43194/1/" /><id>43194</id><summary><![CDATA[Chimps Outscore College Students on Memory Test]]></summary><issued>2007-12-03T22:10:48+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-03T22:10:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Never mind that TV show that asks if you're smarter than a fifth-grader. Is your memory better than a young chimp's?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Mind's Limit Found: 4 Things at Once]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/59985/1/" /><id>59985</id><summary><![CDATA[Mind's Limit Found: 4 Things at Once]]></summary><issued>2008-04-29T07:08:44+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-29T07:08:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Researchers have often debated the maximum amount of items we can store in our conscious mind, in what's called our working memory, and a new study puts the limit at three or four.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ecstasy Harmful to First Time Users]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/6625/1/" /><id>6625</id><summary><![CDATA[Ecstasy Harmful to First Time Users]]></summary><issued>2006-11-29T04:22:00+01:00</issued><modified>2006-11-29T04:22:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Researchers have found that ecstasy reduces blood flow to certain parts of the brain, ever in those who have only taken it on one occasion.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Samsung speeds up GDDR4 graphics memory]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/11467/1/" /><id>11467</id><summary><![CDATA[Samsung speeds up GDDR4 graphics memory]]></summary><issued>2007-02-23T19:35:13+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-23T19:35:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Gigahertz race may be over in the microprocessor space, but its is alive and kicking in the memory segment.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Patriot boasts: worlds fastest memory module and flash drive]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/8441/1/" /><id>8441</id><summary><![CDATA[Patriot boasts: worlds fastest memory module and flash drive]]></summary><issued>2007-01-02T19:01:03+01:00</issued><modified>2007-01-02T19:01:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Patriot was able to achieve a record breaking DDR2 memory module with a speed of 1302MHz. Known as Extreme Performance PCS-10100, this module was designed to take full advantage of the new Intel Quad Core processor, and will leave PC gamers with a smile, boasting superior compatibility with NVIDIA&#8217;s NForce 680i platforms.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[How's Your Memory?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20848/1/" /><id>20848</id><summary><![CDATA[How's Your Memory?]]></summary><issued>2007-05-20T00:50:01+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-20T00:50:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<b>Picto</b> is a simple, quick symbol memory game. I think I'm in the early stages of alzheimers because I suu-huck at it.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Harry Potter ecstasy: Feel the magic]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/27734/1/" /><id>27734</id><summary><![CDATA[Harry Potter ecstasy: Feel the magic]]></summary><issued>2007-07-17T15:54:10+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-17T15:54:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[So some ecstasy producer apparently decided to make Harry Potter ecstasy. I guess the books or movies really come to life when used together. Kids: Don't do drugs!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hope for memory pill]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/15628/1/" /><id>15628</id><summary><![CDATA[Hope for memory pill]]></summary><issued>2007-04-09T01:20:07+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-09T01:20:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A GENE mutation in the brains of mice could help scientists develop the world's first memory pill.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Working memory has limited 'slots']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/56868/1/" /><id>56868</id><summary><![CDATA[Working memory has limited 'slots']]></summary><issued>2008-04-03T12:43:16+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-03T12:43:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A new study by researchers at UC Davis shows how our very short-term &quot;working memory,&quot; which allows the brain to stitch together sensory information, operates. The system retains a limited number of high-resolution images for a few seconds, rather than a wider range of fuzzier impressions.]]></content></entry></feed>