News tagged with meta analysis

As super-predators, humans reshape their prey at super-natural speeds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fishing and hunting are having broad, swift impacts on the body size and reproductive abilities of fish and other commercially harvested species, potentially jeopardizing the ability of entire ...

Biology /

Jan 12, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (14) | 9

Large study shows females are equal to males in math skills

(PhysOrg.com) -- The mathematical skills of boys and girls, as well as men and women, are substantially equal, according to a new examination of existing studies in the current online edition of journal Psychological Bulletin.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Oct 11, 2010 | 3.1 / 5 (14) | 6 |

Microbe vs. microbe: Patterns of bacteria-virus infection networks revealed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria are common sources of infection, but these microorganisms can themselves be infected by even smaller agents: viruses. A new analysis of the interactions between bacteria and viruses ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

Jun 27, 2011 | 4 / 5 (5) | 0 |

Soil microbes accelerate global warming

More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes soil to release the potent greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide, new research published in this week's edition of Nature reveals. "This feedback to our changing atmosphere means ...

Space & Earth / Environment

Jul 13, 2011 | 5 / 5 (4) | 4 |

Value of test-driven education questioned by UB researcher

Research by Jaekyung Lee, PhD, professor of counseling, school and educational psychology at the University at Buffalo, is helping to expose failures in America's controversial test-driven educational policies.