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Controlling light at will: Metamaterials will change optics

Controlling light at will: Metamaterials will change optics | Science News | Scoop.it
Engineers believe that continued advances in creating ever-more exotic and sophisticated human-made materials will greatly improve their ability to control light at will.
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Mind Over Matter: Patients’ Perceptions of Illness Make a Difference - Association for Psychological Science

In fact, some research suggests that how a person views his illness may play a bigger role in determining his health outcomes than the actual severity of his disease.

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The greatest human strength? Believe it or not, it's willpower

The greatest human strength? Believe it or not, it's willpower | Science News | Scoop.it

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength" (The Penguin Press) recently climbed to the top of the charts on the New York Times Bestseller List, making the soft-spoken Baumeister an instant literary celebrity and bringing attention to his decades of research on self-control. In recent weeks, "Willpower" has been reviewed glowingly in the New York Times Sunday Book Review as well as by NPR and the hip website The Daily Beast.

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Can the brain control itself?

Can the brain control itself? | Science News | Scoop.it

The patient’s task was to control the activity of single neurons. There are several 100 billion neurons in the human brain. How can the patient begin to know which neuron needs to increase in activity to complete the task? The researchers left this part up to the patients, letting them explore strategies until amazingly, they succeeded.

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Mind can control allergic response

Mind can control allergic response | Science News | Scoop.it
(Medical Xpress) -- You – or more accurately, your brain – has control over how allergic your skin is, suggests new research.
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