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Campus diversity important predictor of interracial friendships

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | 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 Qu ...





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Research finds cross-race friendships can lower stress

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Conventional wisdom holds that diversity pays off in higher education. Now researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found scientific evidence that multiculturalism improves students' experiences ...


Friendship is mainly about 'me, me and me'

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Young people mainly select their friends according to the image they have of another person, irrespective of whether the person concerned actually satisfies that image. Dutch researcher Maarten Selfhout has demonstrated that ...


Roommate assignments key in increasing interracial friendships in college

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

White students generally increased their number of interracial friendships during their first year of college, while black students showed a slight decrease, according to a study at one highly selective private university.


Ethnic identity expressed in clothing is good for adolescents' mental health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 15, 2008 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Young people who dress according to the customs of their own ethnic group are less likely to have subsequent mental health problems than those who don't, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.


Some birds listen, instead of look, for mates

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Looks can be deceiving, but certain bird species have figured out that a voice can tell them most of what they need to know to find the right mate.


Understanding apples' ancestors

Understanding apples' ancestors

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wild Malus orientalis -- species of wild apples that could be an ancestor of today's domesticated apples -- are native to the Middle East and Central Asia. A new study comparing the diversity of recently acquir ...


Elevated CO2 levels may mitigate losses of biodiversity from nitrogen pollution

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Rising levels of carbon dioxide may overheat the planet and cause other environmental problems, but fears that rising CO2 levels could directly reduce plant biodiversity can be allayed, according to a new study by a University ...


Researchers find no loss of vegetable diversity in the 20th century; correct math error in 1983 study

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two University of Georgia scholars argue against the conventional wisdom that the 20th century was a disaster for vegetable crop diversity by showing that there was no overall loss of vegetable diversity ...


Kill the cancer, not the patient: New toxicity testing approach could make chemo drugs safer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For cancer patients on chemotherapy, the "cure" can be as deadly as the disease itself. Adverse drug reactions are one of the leading causes of death among patients receiving cancer treatment.


Research study on the European mink, Mustela lutreola

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The European mink, Mustela lutreola, is a species catalogued as in danger of extinction, due to the large decline in their population over the past century. It is considered to be one of the most endangered mammals, both l ...



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