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Research: Negative leakage could be key to reducing carbon emissions

(Phys.org) -- The unilateral efforts of a single country or region to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases could reduce exports, increase imports and lead to higher emissions elsewhere – what economists call “leakage.” ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Positive words: the glue to social interaction

(Phys.org) -- Scientists at ETH Zurich have studied the use of language, finding that words with a positive emotional content are more frequently used in written communication. This result supports the theory that social ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research pair theorize metamaterials that exhibit negative compressibility transitions

(Phys.org) -- In the real world of so called “normal” materials, people expect certain things to occur as a result of certain actions. Covering an object with a cloak for example, should hide the ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

A necessity or a danger? Why we love and hate our credit cards

A new University of Sydney study has revealed the full extent of Australia's love-hate relationship with credit cards and those who use them.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Exploding the myths of manufacturing

The manufacturing sector, its advocates note, is burdened by negative stereotypes. Outsiders often mistakenly think that manufacturing consists of jobs that are “dumb, dirty and dull,” as MIT President Susan Hockfield ...

Technology / Business

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

US science group says it's time to start burying plutonium

(Phys.org) -- As researchers the world over continue to try to find a way to meet the energy needs of an over populated planet, negative consequences for choices already made continue to pile up. Global warming ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 70 | with audio podcast report

Electric charge disorder: A key to biological order?

Theoretical physicist Ali Naji from the IPM in Tehran and the University of Cambridge, UK, and his colleagues have shown how small random patches of disordered, frozen electric charges can make a difference when they are ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

My fair physicist? Feminine math, science role models do not motivate girls

(Phys.org) -- Women who excel in male-dominated science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields are often unjustly stereotyped as unfeminine.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

The search for a job begins and ends with you

Staying motivated is always tough, but it certainly gets easier when you start seeing results. That's why keeping your spirits up during a job search can be extremely difficult. Candidates often face repeated rejection and ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Students need to be 'switched on' to maths, say researchers

(Phys.org) -- The precarious decline in children's participation in mathematics can only be reversed by tackling a complex mix of factors, including positive and negative attitudes of a student's parents, peers and teachers, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Can social media detect the changes in public mood?

New research has analysed the mood of Twitter users in the UK and detected various changes in the mood of the public. In particular, the researchers observed a significant increase in negative mood, anger and fear, coinciding ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Moody's downgrades Nokia's rating, keeps negative outlook

The international ratings agency Moody's downgraded on Monday its ratings for the Finnish telephone maker Nokia owing to poor prospects for future sales.

Technology / Business

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clear Channel to delay inserting ads into iHeart

(AP) -- Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman says that the radio company will keep part of its iHeart Radio online service ad-free for at least a few more months, explaining that a consumer backlash against ads on Pandora Media ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lung doctors expect respiratory diseases will worsen with global climate change

Worldwide increases in the incidences of asthma, allergies, infectious and cardiovascular diseases will result from a variety of impacts of global climate change, including rising temperatures, worsening ozone levels in urban ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Voter registration policy may depress minority participation in electoral politics

An article released by Social Forces indicates that voter identification requirements have a substantially negative impact on the voting of all groups except for Asians. Particularly strong negative effects are seen for Bl ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 10