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Beneficial plant 'spillover' effect seen from landscape corridors

Biology / Ecology

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by a North Carolina State University biologist and colleagues shows that using landscape corridors, the "superhighways" that connect isolated patches of habitat, to protect certain plants has a large ...





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Cause marketing: Altruism or greed?

Other Sciences / Economics

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Companies that join with social causes to sell products not only enhance their image but also improve their bottom line, say University of Michigan researchers.


Employees Bring Bad Moods Home, But They Disappear By Morning

Other Sciences /

created Dec 05, 2004 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A good night’s sleep may be the remedy for a bad day at work, suggests a new University of Florida study on the unexplored relationship between job satisfaction and the shifting moods of employees. Employees who have str ...


Slipping through cell walls, nanotubes deliver high-potency punch to cancer tumors in mice

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 14, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The problem with using a shotgun to kill a housefly is that even if you get the pest, you'll likely do a lot of damage to your home in the process. Hence the value of the more surgical flyswatter.


Delving into the murky metrics of financial risk

Delving into the murky metrics of financial risk

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The way J. Michael Collins sees it, United States consumers aren’t necessarily less informed about financial risk than consumers from other industrialized nations. What Americans do have, ...


Living longer with obesity means heavier burden for hospitals

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 10, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Living longer with obesity can lead to both longer hospital stays and more avoidable trips to the hospital, according to two new studies from Purdue University.


Fish fatty acids don’t make you cleverer or happier

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A diet rich in fish fatty acids has no effect on cognitive functions such as memory and concentration in the elderly. Nor does it affect their level of wellbeing. This is the conclusion drawn by Dutch researcher ...


Mastery of physical goals lessens disease-related depression and fatigue

Mastery of physical goals lessens disease-related depression and fatigue

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physical activity is known to reduce depression and fatigue in people struggling with chronic illness. A new study indicates that this effect stems from an individual's sense of mastery over - or belief in ...


Studies show marine reserves can be an effective tool for managing fisheries

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Studies conducted in California and elsewhere provide support for the use of marine reserves as a tool for managing fisheries and protecting marine habitats, according to biologists at the University of California, Santa ...


Study: Men shed light on the mystery of human longevity

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 12, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 0

It turns out that older men chasing younger women contributes to human longevity and the survival of the species, according to new findings by researchers at Stanford and the University of California-Santa Barbara.


Metamaterials could reduce friction in nanomachines

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoscale machines expected to have wide application in industry, energy, medicine and other fields may someday operate far more efficiently thanks to important theoretical discoveries concerning the manipulation ...



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