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MU Study Finds Connection Between Evolution, Classroom Learning
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Over thousands of years, humans have evolved to naturally understand things like facial expressions and social interactions. But a University of Missouri researcher has found there is an ever-widening gap between what humans ...
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Stereotypes, bias and personnel decisions
Dec 03, 2008 |
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In an article in the December issue of the journal Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Frank J. Landy questions research that is said to demonstrate that stereotypes about social groups bias personnel decisions. He arg ...
New research demonstrates humans' right ear preference for listening
Jun 23, 2009 |
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We humans prefer to be addressed in our right ear and are more likely to perform a task when we receive the request in our right ear rather than our left. In a series of three studies, looking at ear preference ...
Engineers build mini drug-producing biofactories in yeast
Aug 15, 2008 |
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Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a novel way to churn out large quantities of drugs, including antiplaque toothpaste additives, antibiotics, nicotine, and even morphine, using mini biofactories--in ...
Parents show bias in sibling rivalry, says study
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Dec 19, 2007 |
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Most parents would hotly deny favouring one child over another but new research suggests they may have little choice in the matter.
Panasonic Develops A Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power Device with A New Junction Structure
Dec 17, 2008 |
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Panasonic today announced the development of a Gallium Nitride (GaN) -based diode with a new junction structure called "Natural Super Junction". The new GaN diode with low operating loss is applicable to a ...
Scientists discover environmental factors linked to sex ratio of plants
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Jul 22, 2008 |
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Environmental factors can transform the ratio of females to males in plant populations according to new research out of the University of Toronto.
High-definition colonoscopy detects more polyps
Oct 28, 2009 |
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High-definition (HD) colonoscopy is much more sensitive than standard colonoscopy in finding polyps that could morph into cancer, say researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida.
New study analyzing return of businesses to New Orleans after Katrina
Aug 26, 2009 |
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LSU Professor and Chair of Environmental Sciences Nina Lam and Professor and Louisiana Real Estate Commission Chair Kelley Pace, along with colleagues from LSU, Tulane University and Texas State University, will publish the ...
Baseball diamonds: the lefthander's best friend
Jul 07, 2008 |
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Baseball diamonds are a left-hander's best friend. That's because the game was designed to make a lefty the "Natural," according to David A. Peters, Ph.D., the McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering at Washington University ...
North Carolina Sea Levels Rising Three Times Faster Than in Previous 500 Years, Study Says
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 28, 2009 |
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PHILADELPHIA -- An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise, at least in North Carolina, is accelerating. Researchers found 20th-century sea-level ...
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