(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a new ‘provisioning’ gene in maize plants that regulates the transfer of nutrients from the plant to the seed could lead to increased crop yields and improve food ...
Jan 16, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the University of Oxford is looking at how young educated people who are unemployed become politicized in different ways - either through violent struggle or as reformers ...
Jan 10, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the movie Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows the sleuth’s arch-enemy has a new weapon: mathematics supplied by a team from Oxford University. ...
Jan 10, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study has explored the dynamics behind social network sites in recruiting and spreading calls for action that contribute to riots, revolutions and protests.
Dec 19, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists have solved the 150 year-old mystery of what gives the lead-acid battery, found under the bonnet of most cars, its unique ability to deliver a surge of current.
Dec 19, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Diamonds are celebrated for their enduring beauty and hardness but they can also be a physicist’s best friend.
Dec 16, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An Oxford University study of 1.65 billion of the world's poor shows that over twice as many live in 'middle-income' countries as in 'low-income' countries.
Dec 08, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mockingbirds rarely remove the ‘alien’ eggs parasitic cowbirds lay in their nests because keeping them dilutes the risk of their own eggs being attacked.
Dec 07, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- School students who take their GCSEs during a major international football tournament, such as the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship, get worse exam results than they would ...
Dec 06, 2011
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Our galaxy is a relatively quiet neighbourhood with the supermassive black hole at its heart gently dozing: or is it?
Dec 01, 2011
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Academics from the Universities of Oxford and Warwick have shed new light on the history of interactions between the classical world, Africa and the Middle East.
Nov 25, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Oxford University and The University of Sheffield have demonstrated that natural silks are a thousand times more efficient than common plastics when it comes to forming fibres.
Nov 24, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you are playing poker or haggling over a deal you might think that you can hide your true emotions.
Nov 23, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research into decision-making by European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) may help to explain why many animals, including humans, sometimes exhibit irrational preferences.
Nov 18, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An ‘amplifier’ molecule placed on the tip of a diamond could help scientists locate and identify individual atoms, Oxford University and Singapore scientists believe.
Nov 12, 2011
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