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Earning less than your peers can make you happy

(Medical Xpress) -- Knowing that your colleagues and peers earn more than you can actually raise your satisfaction levels, but only if you are under 45, according to new research from the University of St Andrews.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Young adults' sexual relationships increasingly favor men, research finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- While young women's educational and career opportunities have skyrocketed over the past two decades, their opportunities for stable, long-term relationships have declined, according to new research from sociologists ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 41 | with audio podcast

Employee involvement programs key to workplace diversity

A new study by a University of Arizona professor shows employee involvement programs that executives adopt to increase efficiency also end up improving their record on diversity.

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created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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A wake-up call for manufacturing

(Phys.org) -- U.S. factories produce about 75 percent of what the country consumes, but the right decisions by both business and political leaders could push that to 95 percent, say University of Michigan researchers.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

LIVE: Facebook goes public

(AP) -- It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut ...

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ViviSat space vehicles will keep satellites on track

(Phys.org) -- A company that aims to sell satellite protective services is eagerly stating its business case to geosynchronous satellite operators that can benefit from its approach toward orbit mission extension. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Former astronaut criticizes NASA's current course

Former NASA astronaut Story Musgrave is neither happy nor excited about the current state of the space administration or about the commercial COTS (Commercial Orbital Transportation Services) program. He’s ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 86

Study: Prepare grad students for work beyond academia

Universities need to work more closely with business, nonprofit and government sectors to better prepare graduate students for careers beyond academia, according to the report for a national project that a UC Davis dean helped ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Architecture of experience

Krystal Tung ’13 wanted to follow the yellow brick road. When the Cabot House resident heard that this spring’s House musical would be “The Wizard of Oz,” she headed straight for the stage.

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created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Orbital crew vehicle tested in Texas A&M's low-speed wind tunnel

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems has successfully completed wind tunnel testing of a scale model of the Dream Chaser® orbital crew vehicle in the Oran W. Nicks Low Speed Wind Tunnel at Texas ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UD professor leads efforts to support science students with disabilities

Karl Booksh points to data collected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) showing that Americans with disabilities make up some 10-15 percent of the population but account for less than 1 percent of those ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Young adults who get parental support do better at study and work

Young adults who receive parental support are more likely to be studying and have access to better job opportunities than young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, according to a recent study by the Melbourne Institute ...

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created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Life imitates art in health-care recruitment workshop

Renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's artwork is explored from a medical humanities perspective in a workshop entitled "Frida Kahlo – The Forgotten Medical Student."

Biology / Other

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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