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Using a 150-year-old mathematical theorem, Florida State University researchers are creating cutting edge maps of the cerebellum to chart a groundbreaking new course in the study of the human brain.

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A neuroscientist in FSU's psychology department, joined about a dozen other researchers from universities across the country to determine the brain's chemical response to chronic cocaine use. The results of that study, "Effects of chronic exposure to cocaine are regulated by the neuronal protein Cdk5." (Nature, 3-15-01)

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Major development and construction planned for China's Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, especially the Three Gorges Dam, could dramatically alter the salt content of the Sea of Japan and thereby change the climate in regions near these ocean waters.

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The United States can expect 50 hurricanes -- 20 of them zeroing in on Floridas' the next 30 years, according to a new study by Florida State University climatologist James Elsner. Elsner predicts that 18 of the 50 will be considered major hurricanes.

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New archaeological discoveries by a Florida State University anthropologist suggest that ancient farmers in Mexico may have been the first to grow sunflowers as a crop.

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Dinosaurs grew more rapidly than their living reptilian relatives asserts an FSU evolutionary biologist and paleontologist.

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While the American Library Association is encouraging people to read classics and other titles during "Banned Books Week," Sept. 22 -29, Florida State University Professors are helping teachers and librarians deal with the ever-present threat of censorship.

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When it comes to encouraging women to have mammograms, two Florida State University researchers have found that a sure way to success lies in the way the encouragement is framed.

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If humans are anything like songbirds, a new Florida State University study suggests the old adage "practice makes perfect" may apply to learning a language. The study is the first to purport there is a practice effect in songbird vocal learning and that a similar effect may apply to human vocal learning.

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Eighteen months before the financial dealings that led to Enron's collapse came to light, the dean of the Florida State University College of Law and a national expert on partnerships, was publicly decrying such arrangements.