New research has revealed that having mentally healthy friends can help someone recover from depression or even remain mentally healthy in the first place.
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2015
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A new study that is the first to use Social Security Administration's personal income tax data tracking the same individuals over 20 years to measure individual lifetime earnings has confirmed significant long-term economic ...
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2015
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The percentage of Americans using the Internet has remained unchanged for the past three years, with older and low-income people making slow progress getting online, a study showed Friday.
Internet
Jun 26, 2015
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Deep in the heart of synthetic biology are the proteins that make it tick. Protein engineering is the crucial pulse of the booming, relatively new scientific discipline. Scientists grow, harvest, and reprogram proteins to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 2, 2015
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A public summer jobs program for high school students from disadvantaged neighborhoods in Chicago reduced violent crime arrests by 43 percent over a 16-month period, according to a new study from the University of Chicago ...
Social Sciences
Dec 4, 2014
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Everyone notices the academic superstars and failures, but what about the tens of millions of American teens straddling these two extremes? A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, has spotlighted a high school ...
Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2014
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Sometimes breakthrough materials with important benefits to society pose environmental risks that aren't apparent until decades later. In the growing field of nanotechnology—the creation of materials or processes at the ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 30, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Much like college students who sometimes exceed the four-year-plan, the new trend is for high school students to also take longer to graduate, especially boys and minority students, according to a Rutgers study.
Social Sciences
May 12, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Recycling waste materials into new products is a common method for sustaining a green environment, but it isn't only limited to reusing old cans, plastics, and paper. In chemistry, scientists use discarded ...
Materials Science
May 8, 2014
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Asian-American schoolchildren tend to outperform their white counterparts in school because they try harder, according to a US study out Monday.
Social Sciences
May 5, 2014
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