Campus diversity important predictor of interracial friendships August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
One of the hopes of having diverse campus environments is that the daily interaction with students from different backgrounds will promote interracial understanding and friendship. A new study in the journal Social Science ... | |
'Industrial relations' employee satisfaction dependent on more than relative pay August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new study in the journal Industrial Relations reveals that employee well-being is dependent upon the rank of an individual's wage within a comparison group, as opposed to the individual's absolute pay. | |
Mortgage crisis: Blame the bank? August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Banks have played a big role in the mortgage crisis, not only because they issued loans to suspect borrowers, but because many originated and sold bad loans to other lenders, says a University of Michigan ... | |
 Researchers turn one form of adult mouse cell directly into another August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a feat of biological prestidigitation likely to turn the field of regenerative medicine on its head, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) co-director Doug Melton and post doctoral fellow ... | |
 Jamaican lizards' shows of strength mark territory at dawn, dusk August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
What does Jack LaLanne have in common with a Jamaican lizard? Like the ageless fitness guru, the lizards greet each new day with vigorous push-ups. That's according to a new study showing that male Anolis ... | |
Economic and social disadvantage can affect young citizens' voter turnout August 27, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A study recently published in the Journal of Social Issues illustrates how certain disadvantages experienced in adolescence, such as early pregnancy, dropping out of high school, being arrested, or going to an underprivileged ... | |
 Whether brown or red, algae can produce plenty of green fuel August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Having studied the physiology of algae for more than 30 years, Rose Ann Cattolico is convinced the plant life found in oceans and ponds can be a major source of environmentally friendly fuels for everything ... | |
Indiana U researchers launch social networking and research management tool for scientists August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Indiana University researchers have introduced Laboratree, a web-based solution to the complex problems of scientific collaboration. | |
Framing technique can be used as a public relations strategy in cases of sexual assault August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 4
In Spring 2006, when three White Duke University lacrosse players were charged with raping a Black female student from nearby North Carolina Central University, Duke University officials framed the crisis in terms of institutional ... | |
Trying to satisfy too many agendas slows school reform August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Despite investments, community goodwill and some good ideas, a vexing question remains in the age of school reform: Why has so much hope and effort led to disappointment? | |
Ancient mother spawns new insight on reptile reproduction August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A 75-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant turtle and a nest of fossilized eggs that were discovered in the badlands of southeastern Alberta by scientists and staff from the University of Calgary and the Royal Tyrrell Museum ... | |
Unusual ultrasonic vocalization patterns in mice may be useful for modeling autism August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists have found novel patterns of ultrasonic vocalizations in a genetic mouse model of autism, adding a unique element to the available mouse behaviors that capture components of the human disease, and representing ... | |
 Bone parts don't add up to conclusion of Palauan dwarfs August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Misinterpreted fragments of leg bones, teeth and brow ridges found in Palau appear to be an archaeologist's undoing, according to researchers at three institutions. They say that the so-called dwarfs of these ... | |
Protein misprediction uncovered by new technique August 27, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A new bioinformatics tool is capable of identifying and correcting abnormal, incomplete and mispredicted protein annotations in public databases. The MisPred tool, described today in the open access journal BMC Bioinformatics, ... | |
Study of islands reveals surprising extinction results August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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It's no secret that humans are having a huge impact on the life cycles of plants and animals. UC Santa Barbara's Steven D. Gaines and fellow researcher Dov Sax decided to test that theory by studying the world's far-flung ... | |
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