(Phys.org)—When it comes to religious tattoos, two Texas Tech University sociologists say the reasoning and spirit behind them is strikingly similar to a 100-year-old theory about how the Protestant work ethic powered the ...
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2013
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After two years of intensive work, led by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Space Science Division, the design for a conceptual space-based observatory is headed to the National Academies of Science, Engineering ...
Astronomy
Apr 30, 2019
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By studying an orphaned domain considered disordered by others, Michaela Jansen, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center ...
Biochemistry
May 11, 2016
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A Texas Tech University biologist led a team of more than 50 scientists who mapped the genomes of three crocodilians.
Biotechnology
Dec 11, 2014
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(Phys.org) -- Many simple models of plant response to warming climates predict vegetation to find cooler and/or wetter locations, generally moving upslope from their current positions.
Ecology
Aug 2, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Sometimes orange, sometimes white, dog trainers often use plastic fetching batons called bumpers to teach dogs how to retrieve. But researchers at Texas Tech University have discovered that the dogs also may ...
Other
Dec 11, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- When it comes to cocaine, users of the drug in Lubbock abuse up to a third more on the weekends.
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 13, 2012
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How can you make medicines in space?
Biochemistry
Dec 12, 2018
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Lubbock is known for many things. Some of them are reasons to celebrate, like being the home of Buddy Holly. Some portray the city in negative ways, like dust storms.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 19, 2015
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(Phys.org) —It was often assumed marine plankton would be easy prey, especially in the dense viscosity of colder waters, but that is not necessarily so.
Ecology
Mar 7, 2013
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