News tagged with diversity
Working to conserve endangered 'Playboy' bunnies
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's legacy will live on with a new University of Central Florida study aimed at saving the endangered bunnies named after him.
Research could help save tuatara from extinction
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by Victoria University PhD graduate Kim Miller could help to successfully manage tuatara and skink populations in danger of becoming extinct.
Domestication of Capsicum annuum chile pepper provides insights into crop origin and evolution
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Without the process of domestication, humans would still be hunters and gatherers, and modern civilization would look very different. Fortunately, for all of us who do not relish the thought of spending our ...
Study finds unexpected bacterial diversity on human skin
May 28, 2009 |
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The health of our skin -- one of the body's first lines of defense against illness and injury — depends upon the delicate balance between our own cells and the millions of bacteria and other one-celled microbes ...
Ethnicity affects timing and access to cardiac care
May 05, 2009 |
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Ethnicity is having a significant impact on timely access to cardiac care in Calgary and likely across Canada as the population's ethnic diversity grows, according to new research led by a team from the University of Calgary.
Grey wolf withdrawn from US endangered list
May 04, 2009 |
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The grey wolf was Monday taken off the US list of endangered species, making a comeback 35 years after it virtually disappeared and can now be hunted in most US states, officials said.
Dinosaurs declined before mass extinction
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Apr 30, 2009 |
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Dinosaurs were dying out much earlier than the mass extinction event 65 million years ago, Natural History Museum scientists report in the Proceedings of the Royal Society journal today.
Fertilization intensifies competition for light and endangers plant diversity
Apr 30, 2009 |
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When grasslands are fertilized their productivity is increased but their plant diversity is diminished. In the last 50 years levels of plant-available nitrogen and phosphorous have doubled worldwide. This additional supply ...
Geneticists publish largest-ever study on African genetics revealing origins, migration
Apr 30, 2009 |
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African, American, and European researchers working in collaboration over a 10-year period have released the largest-ever study of African genetic data--more than four million genotypes--providing a library of new information ...
Two brown bear populations in Spain have been isolated for the past 50 years
Apr 29, 2009 |
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The situation of bears in the Iberian Peninsula is critical. Researchers from the University of Oviedo (UO) and the Superior Council of Scientific Research (SCSR) have performed a genetic identification based ...
US shorts critical farm animal research, scientists say
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Dwindling federal funding jeopardizes important animal and biomedical research, together with the institutional research programs that focus on them, a group of Michigan State University scientists warn.
Study explores roots of ethnic violence
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2009 |
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A new UCLA-led study challenges the popular perception that ethnic diversity is to blame for sectarian conflicts in Iraq and Northern Ireland, recent tensions in Tibet, and ethnic violence in post-election Kenya.
Biofuels could hasten climate change
Apr 14, 2009 |
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A new study finds that it will take more than 75 years for the carbon emissions saved through the use of biofuels to compensate for the carbon lost when biofuel plantations are established on forestlands. If the original ...
Study first to show evolution's impact on ecosystems
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Scientists have come to agree that different environments impact the evolution of new species. Now experiments conducted at the University of British Columbia are showing for the first time that the reverse is also true.
Research links diversity with increased sales revenue and profits, more customers
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Mar 31, 2009 |
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Workplace diversity is among the most important predictors of a business' sales revenue, customer numbers and profitability, according to research to be published in the April issue of the American Sociological Review.
