02/02/2010

Obvious conclusions from obvious studies

Months of planning and hypothesizing presumably took place. Weeks of research compiled, numbers crunched, data analyzed. Days of rigorous revision to prepare for publication.

How do grads fare in matching diplomas with jobs?

Jake Murdoch spends much of his time examining how deftly graduates can match their degrees to eventual jobs. In the process, this professor at the Université de Montréal Faculty of Education has uncovered startling ...

Aznalcollar disaster compared with Cretaceous mass extinction

Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have compared the disaster caused by the Aznalcóllar spillage in the DoƱana National Park in Andalusia 11 years ago with the biggest species extinction known to date. ...

Big study of dirty air inversions

At times this winter, the greater Salt Lake City area has harbored the most polluted air in the United States. Now, researchers from the University of Utah and other institutions are starting a three-year, $1.3 million study ...

Tropical Storm Oli kicking up waves in south Pacific

Tropical Storm Oli is headed between the islands of Bora Bora and Raratonga in the South Pacific, while maintaining its intensity as a tropical storm. Infrared satellite data from NASA's Aqua satellite reveals that Oli is ...

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