All news dated 12/20/2005

General Science

New Research Says Daughters Turn Parents to Left of Centre Parties

Your sweet tooth may really be in your brain's 'pleasure hotspot'

Hunt for rare woodpecker continues

Asian elephant gene study: surprise result

Study: No U.S. engineering gap

Study: Parents key to how we handle stress

Fruit fly studies help explain human heart

Study: U.S. food insecurity increasing

Study: Unfamiliar voice-overs are best

Cavefish DNA reveals evolutionary detail

Technology

Briefs: Motorola touts wireless security cameras

Briefs: EU calls for tenders in radio frequency ID

3Com launches corporate 'guest' wireless

Briefs: iVillage and MSN renew agreement

Briefs: Virgin, Zi hail mobile search trial result

New Zealand's Telecom sponsors Santa

Briefs: Telecom N.Z. loses bitstream access case

Space & Earth science

Permafrost may nearly disappear by 2100

Opportunity Completes Atmospheric Science Campaign At Erebus

Physics

K-State Physics Professor Named Outstanding Junior Investigator by U.S. DOE

Nanotechnology

Penn-State Philips CMOS transistor model adopted as industry-wide standard for future nanometer chip design