News tagged with higher
Virtual education... for free
They don't offer degrees but then they don't charge tuition either.
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Wild brown bear observed using a tool
(PhysOrg.com) -- Because brown bears are so reclusive, not to mention dangerous to be around, not a lot is really known about their brain power. This is actually rather odd because bears have the largest brains ...
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Iron-pnictide electron orbital pairing promises higher-temperature superconductors
(PhysOrg.com) -- The quest to develop a so-called room-temperature superconductor – one that exhibits lossless electronic transmission – has long fueled both popular and scientific imagination. At ...
May 17, 2011 |
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Why Europe's climate faces a stormy future
(PhysOrg.com) -- Europe is likely to be hit by more violent winter storms in the future. Now a new study into the effects of climate change has found out why.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Study shows plants moved downhill, not up, in warming world
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper published today in the journal Science, a University of California, Davis, researcher and his co-authors challenge a widely held assumption that plants will move uphill in respon ...
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Scientists create new enzymes for biofuel production
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and world-leading gene-synthesis company DNA2.0 have taken an important step toward the development of a cost-efficient process to extract sugars ...
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Volcanoes cool the tropics, say researchers
Climate researchers have shown that big volcanic eruptions over the past 450 years have temporarily cooled weather in the tropics—but suggest that such effects may have been masked in the 20th century by rising ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Further, faster, higher: Wildlife responds increasingly rapidly to climate change
New research by scientists in the Department of Biology at the University of York shows that species have responded to climate change up to three times faster than previously appreciated. These results are published in the ...
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Why are California birds getting bigger?
Alfred Hitchcock would have appreciated this twist: The birds in central California are getting bigger.
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Climate change may create tipping points for populations, not just species
(PhysOrg.com) -- As Earth's climate warms, species are expected to shift their geographical ranges away from the equator or to higher elevations.
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Forests not keeping pace with climate change: study
More than half of eastern U.S. tree species examined in a massive new Duke University-led study aren't adapting to climate change as quickly or consistently as predicted.
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Study shows age doesn't necessarily affect decision-making
Many people believe that getting older means losing a mental edge, leading to poor decision-making. But a new study from North Carolina State University shows that when it comes to making intuitive decisions - using your ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Tennessee seeks to question evolution in bill
US conservative Christians and science advocates are clashing again, this time in Tennessee over a bill that would allow debate in public schools over theories like evolution.
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Study: Higher education playing bigger role in gender wage gap
While higher education has helped women narrow their long-running wage gap with men, there is one college-related factor that has becoming increasingly important in perpetuating that gap, according to new research.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 09, 2009 |
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EU sets out new science plan
(AP) -- European authorities and industry must increase funding for scientific research and improve cooperation to try to close the technology gap with the United States, the European Commission said Tuesday.
Oct 07, 2009 |
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