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(AP) -- Israel displayed for the first time Wednesday a collection of rare coins charred and burned from the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple nearly 2,000 years ago. http://www.physorg.com/news177176994.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:52:37 EST news177176994 Supermarkets could increase their sales of related items, such as chips and soft drinks, by moving the items closer to each other in their stores, according to research by Ram Bezawada, assistant professor of marketing in the University at Buffalo School of Management. http://www.physorg.com/news177171548.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:19:31 EST news177171548 A team of mathematicians from the Engineering and Architecture Schools of the University of Seville has created a method to design underground lines whereby a city's historical buildings are unaffected. The results of the study, which has just been published in the Journal of the Operational Research Society, offer possible solutions for the future underground line 2 in Seville. http://www.physorg.com/news177157222.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:00:01 EST news177157222 (AP) -- Scientists say they've discovered a new dinosaur species in South Africa that may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land. http://www.physorg.com/news177154893.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:41:56 EST news177154893 From the White Album to Yellow Submarine modern releases of the Beatles present their music in stereo sound. But this Christmas, hard-core Beatles fans will eagerly unwrap "The Beatles in Mono," an 11-CD box set designed to be played through only one speaker. http://www.physorg.com/news177154603.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:38:25 EST news177154603 (PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it`s dog food or iPods, tires or televisions, virtually every consumer has endured a frustrating out-of-stock experience. Retailers hate it as much as customers, perhaps more, because they lose money and credibility. Examining this problem at a specific link - suppliers and distribution centers - in the retail and consumer-packaged goods supply chain, a logistics researcher at the University of Arkansas and his colleague discovered that application of a common error-correction model improves the accuracy of forecasting orders. http://www.physorg.com/news177151357.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:10:02 EST news177151357 (PhysOrg.com) -- Dan Schnur, director of the College's Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, analyzes the findings from the first of six USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences/Los Angeles Times statewide public opinion polls. http://www.physorg.com/news177100878.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:10:02 EST news177100878 (PhysOrg.com) -- Although often seen as an inconsequential feature of digital technologies, one's self-representation, or avatar, in a virtual environment can affect the user's thoughts, according to research by a University of Texas at Austin communication professor. http://www.physorg.com/news177100524.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:36:03 EST news177100524 (PhysOrg.com) -- The simple school textbook is used by states to mould loyal citizens, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news177100164.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:30:52 EST news177100164 Fossil plants are windows to the past, providing us with clues as to what our planet looked like millions of years ago. Not only do fossils tell us which species were present before human-recorded history, but they can provide information about the climate and how and when lineages may have dispersed around the world. Identifying fossil plants can be tricky, however, when plant organs fail to be preserved or when only a few sparse parts can be found. http://www.physorg.com/news177096593.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:00:02 EST news177096593 Before the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into law by President Kennedy, women earned about fifty percent less than men. Nationally, women still earn an average of thirty percent less than men regardless of education, choice of industry, or professional standing. Even some of the most highly educated and qualified women are subject to salary discrimination. http://www.physorg.com/news177078362.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:27:00 EST news177078362 More than a year into an excavation project of the men's gymnasium that was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake, Stanford university archaeologist Laura Jones' team has unearthed evidence suggesting why the newly complete building collapsed so spectacularly while so many other structures survived the violent temblor. http://www.physorg.com/news177061460.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:20:06 EST news177061460 (PhysOrg.com) -- When managers issue a forecast of their firm's earnings, they do not always take into account prior forecasting errors, according to research in the current issue of the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. http://www.physorg.com/news177062971.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:20:03 EST news177062971 Firms with heavy long-term debt that came due amid the nation's recent credit crisis slashed investment more than three times as much as companies whose paybacks ducked the meltdown, a new University of Illinois study found. http://www.physorg.com/news177006702.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:32:48 EST news177006702 Project Safe Neighborhoods - a community-based policing effort launched in 2001 - has been largely successful in its goal of reducing violent crime, according to an analysis by Michigan State University, the national research and training partner of the federal initiative. http://www.physorg.com/news176996902.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:10:04 EST news176996902 Imaging is the use of machines to enhance humans' ability to perceive things, often by producing visible phenomena that cannot be seen with the naked eye. But, can imaging technology distort reality and even change what humans perceive to be real? http://www.physorg.com/news176992084.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:28:47 EST news176992084 The remains of a Minoan-style wall painting, recognizable by a blue background, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent excavation season at Tel Kabri. This fresco joins others of Aegean style that have been uncovered during earlier seasons at the Canaanite palace in Kabri. "It was, without doubt, a conscious decision made by the city's rulers who wished to associate with Mediterranean culture and not adopt Syrian and Mesopotamian styles of art like other cities in Canaan did. The Canaanites were living in the Levant and wanted to feel European," explains Dr. Assaf Yasur-Landau of the University of Haifa, who directed the excavations. http://www.physorg.com/news176986342.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:10:01 EST news176986342 Companies that commit fraud can find innovative ways to fudge the numbers, making it hard to tell something is wrong by just looking at their financial statements. But research from North Carolina State University unveils a new warning system that sees through accounting tricks by evaluating things that are easily verifiable, such as the number of employees or the square footage that a company owns. If a company says that its profits are up, but these nonfinancial measures (NFMs) are down, that's a sign something is probably wrong. http://www.physorg.com/news176975440.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:56:28 EST news176975440 Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations. http://www.physorg.com/news176809886.html Other Sciences Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:40:05 EST news176809886 While only one in 10 male engineers leave their field by the time they reach their 30s, about one in four women are not working in engineering despite having completed the necessary education. http://www.physorg.com/news176749720.html Other Sciences Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:09:34 EST news176749720 (PhysOrg.com) -- New study examines impact of segregation on the prevalence of high-cost loans in U.S. metro areas. Subprime loans disproportionately located in segregated areas. http://www.physorg.com/news176739381.html Other Sciences Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:03 EST news176739381 (PhysOrg.com) -- With consumer spending dwindling over the past couple months, retailers are hoping to see it increase with the holiday shopping season. In order to seize the opportunity and boost sales, retailers need to ensure on-time product delivery from their suppliers. Now that more companies rely on global sourcing, they need to avoid disruptions in the supply chain and mitigate the various risks involved. http://www.physorg.com/news176736007.html Other Sciences Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:20:34 EST news176736007 Buildings typically provide shelter from the elements, but one Ryerson University researcher thinks structures ought to relate more to the environment instead. To this end, she has created architectural "skins," which interact with the weather to ultimately create environmental structures that integrate form with function. http://www.physorg.com/news176732821.html Other Sciences Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:27:46 EST news176732821 People would be willing to pay more for products that carry detailed nutritional information than for the so-called light items. Thus it has been confirmed by researchers from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and the Centre for Agro-Food Research and Technology of Aragón (CITA) in a new study on the nutritional labelling of breakfast biscuits. http://www.physorg.com/news176727122.html Other Sciences Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:20:01 EST news176727122 Researchers reporting in BioMed Central's open access journal Conflict and Health found that the discrepancy in media reporting of casualty numbers in the Iraq conflict can potentially misinform the public and contribute to distorted perceptions and gross underestimates of the number of civilians killed in the armed conflict. http://www.physorg.com/news176702909.html Other Sciences Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:30:01 EST news176702909 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have extracted organically preserved muscle tissue from an 18 million years old salamander fossil. The discovery by researchers from University College Dublin, the UK and Spain, reported in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that soft tissue can be preserved under a broader set of fossil conditions than previously known. http://www.physorg.com/news176660912.html Other Sciences Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:20:01 EST news176660912 Although comics have been published in newspapers since the 1890s, they still get no respect from some teachers and librarians, despite their current popularity among adults. But according to a University of Illinois expert in children's literature, critics should stop tugging on Superman's cape and start giving him and his superhero friends their due. http://www.physorg.com/news176648788.html Other Sciences Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:07:25 EST news176648788 Community-based education and awareness programs minimized the death toll from the recent Samoan tsunami, though there are still ways to improve the warning and evacuation process, according to a team of researchers that traveled to Samoa last month. http://www.physorg.com/news176637030.html Other Sciences Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:50:01 EST news176637030 Spanish researchers have studied the fossil record of hadrosaurs, the so-called 'duck-billed' dinosaurs, in the Iberian Peninsula for the purpose of determining that they were the last of their kind to inhabit the European continent before disappearing during the K/T extinction event that occurred 65.5 million years ago. Most notable among these fossils is the discovery of a new hadrosaur, the Arenysaurus ardevoli, found in Huesca, Spain. http://www.physorg.com/news176637618.html Other Sciences Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:02:14 EST news176637618 Archaeologists at Atlanta's Fernbank Museum of Natural History have discovered unprecedented evidence that helps map Hernando de Soto's journey through the Southeast in 1540. No evidence of De Soto's path between Tallahassee and North Carolina has been found until now, and few sites have been located anywhere. http://www.physorg.com/news176636443.html Other Sciences Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:41:38 EST news176636443