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New images of marine microbe illuminate carbon and nitrogen fixation
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Trichodesmium is unusual among marine microbes because it both "breathes" carbon dioxide like plants, while also taking nitrogen gas from the air and "fixing" it into a fertilizer of the seas.
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Creation of new school districts in US may cause a new form of segregation
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Although the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 overturned segregation within many U.S. metropolitan communities and districts, school districts were slow to change and have remained segregated between districts. ...
Racial segregation key factor in subprime lending
Nov 06, 2009 |
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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.
Racial Segregation Fuels Early Black-White Achievement Gap, Data Suggest
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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Racial segregation of schools, and thereby segregated neighborhoods, appears to be a leading source of academic achievement disparities between young black and white children, according to research by sociologist Dennis J. ...
A look into the nanoscale
Jun 23, 2008 |
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have captured time-series snapshots of a solid as it evolves on the ultra-fast timescale.
Researchers determine the composition of centromeric chromatin
Sep 28, 2009 |
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The Stowers Institute's Gerton Lab has provided new evidence to clarify the structure of nucleosomes containing Cse4, a centromere-specific histone protein required for proper kinetochore function, which plays a critical ...
Study finds segregation decreases access to surgical care for minorities
Jun 11, 2009 |
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New research published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons reveals that in counties with the highest levels of segregation, an increase in the African-American or Hispanic population was as ...
Portuguese scientists working on chromosome segregation
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Lars Jansen's work on the formation of the centromere, a key cellular structure in powering and controlling chromosome segregation and accurate cell division, has just earned him a paper in Nature Cell Bi ...
Study: Higher education playing bigger role in gender wage gap
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Aug 09, 2009 |
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While higher education has helped women narrow their long-running wage gap with men, there is one college-related factor that has becoming increasingly important in perpetuating that gap, according to new research.
Ability to literally imagine oneself in another's shoes may be tied to empathy
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 23, 2009 |
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New research from Vanderbilt University indicates the way our brain handles how we move through space -- including being able to imagine literally stepping into someone else's shoes -- may be related to how ...
In the war between the sexes, the one with the closest fungal relationship wins
Nov 10, 2009 |
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The war between the sexes has been fought on many fronts throughout time -- from humans to birds to insects, the animal kingdom is replete with species involved in their own skirmishes. A recent study by Dr. Sarah Eppley ...
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