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Previous work experience not always a positive for a new job

Employees with previous work experience bring valuable knowledge and skills to their new jobs - but some of what they learned may actually hurt their work performance.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Primary care program helps obese teen girls manage weight, improve body image and behavior

Teenage girls gained less weight, improved their body image, ate less fast food, and had more family meals after participating in a 6- month program that involved weekly peer meetings, consultations with primary care providers ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Ordered planar polymers created for the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists under the direction of ETH Zurich have created a minor sensation in synthetic chemistry. They succeeded for the first time in producing regularly ordered planar polymers that form ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created 16 hours ago | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Georgia Tech develops software for the rapid analysis of foodborne pathogens

2011 brought two of the deadliest bacterial outbreaks the world has seen during the last 25 years. The two epidemics accounted for more than 4,200 cases of infectious disease and 80 deaths. Software developed at Georgia Tech ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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China's pollution puts a dent in its economy

Although China has made substantial progress in cleaning up its air pollution,a new MIT study shows that the economic impact from ozone and particulates in its air has increased dramatically. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created 15 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Tenofovir, leading HIV medication, linked with risk of kidney damage

(Medical Xpress) -- Tenofovir, one of the most effective and commonly prescribed antiretroviral medications for HIV/AIDS, is associated with a significant risk of kidney damage and chronic kidney disease that increases over ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created 14 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New tumor suppressor gene identified

A recent study published in Clinical Cancer Research suggests that the protein hVps37A suppresses tumor growth in ovarian cancer. The work, which was funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, shows, for th ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A lost world? How zooarchaeology can inform biodiversity conservation

A new study of tropical forests will provide a 50,000-year perspective on how animal biodiversity has changed, explored through an archaeological investigation of animal bones.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created 13 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fast photon control brings quantum photonic technologies closer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using photons instead of electrons to transmit information could lead to faster and more secure ways to communicate, among other advantages. Now a team of physicists has taken another step toward realizing ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created 13 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

New cases of rare genetic disorder identified

Scientists at the University of Liverpool, working with international partners, have shown a rare genetic disease, that causes crippling osteoarthritis in the spine and major joints, is far more prevalent worldwide than previously ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 11 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New devices could hold key to predicting premature births

Scientists and doctors from the University of Sheffield are developing two novel devices that could lead to the improved prediction of premature births.

Medicine & Health / Health

created 10 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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