Americans overestimate the future income for children from wealthy and middle-income families, but underestimate that for children from poor ones, finds a new study by New York University sociologists.
Social Sciences
Jun 24, 2019
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In the emerging field of magnon spintronics, researchers seek to transport and process information by means of so-called magnon spin currents. In contrast to electrical currents, on which todays information technology is ...
General Physics
Mar 15, 2018
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Student loans provide more help to women than they do for men in encouraging graduation from college, a new nationwide study reveals.
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2013
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Graduation rates among science majors at a large minority-serving college have nearly tripled since the implementation of an undergraduate research experience (URE) program ten years ago. A new study in the Journal of Research ...
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2016
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In his pathbreaking 1971 book, Barry Commoner outlined his enduring and succinct four laws of ecology: (1) Everything is connected to everything else; (2) Everything must go somewhere; (3) Nature knows best, and (4) There ...
Environment
Mar 16, 2020
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Broccoli may contain advantages beyond nutrition. A molecule found in broccoli, cabbage and more digests down into DIM, a compound with brighter benefits than the name implies, such as inducing cell death in breast, prostate ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2022
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Women still face a massive gender bias in science careers worldwide, UNESCO reported on Wednesday, with several rich western nations way behind poorer ones in terms of gender equality.
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2021
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Two college majors are better than one. That is the conclusion that researchers are beginning to reach.
Social Sciences
Apr 9, 2018
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Middle-class UK graduates produce more CO2 emissions in their daily activities than non-graduates and their ecological commitment is primarily "symbolic", new research says.
Economics & Business
Apr 14, 2023
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Even though women in high school and college tend to outperform men academically, they still internalize the stereotype that brilliance is more linked to men. This belief affects their choice of major and perpetuates gender ...
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2023
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