Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica
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(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.
Underground lines that bypass monuments
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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 ...
The Beatles Return to Mono
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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 ...
New Logistics Model Improves Forecast Accuracy of Retail and Packaged-Goods Orders
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(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 ...
Research shows avatars can negatively affect users
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(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 ...
New fossil plant discovery links Patagonia to New Guinea in a warmer past
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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, ...
School textbooks have political purpose, finds study
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The simple school textbook is used by states to mould loyal citizens, according to a new study.
Golden State: Yes, No or Maybe?
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(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 ...
National anti-gun violence program largely successful, study finds
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Nov 09, 2009 |
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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 ...
UWM study explores why women leave engineering careers
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Nov 06, 2009 |
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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.
Racial segregation key factor in subprime lending
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(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.
Failing the sniff test: Researchers find new way to spot fraud
Nov 09, 2009 |
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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 ...
Gender-based pay gaps among US faculty
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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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 ...
Excavation unravels mysteries of men's gymnasium's demise during 1906 earthquake
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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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 ...
Study: Credit crisis, debt load a double whammy for investment
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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.
