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Social optimism during studies supports school-to-work transition

Students' social skills and behaviour in social situations during their university studies contribute to their success in the transition to work. The social strategies adopted during university studies also have an impact ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Computer modeling shows strategies to rein in epidemics need to be retooled for rural populations

An infectious disease striking a large city may seem like a disastrous scenario -- millions of people sharing apartment buildings, crammed on buses and trains and brushing past one another on crowded sidewalks.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Report details efforts to improve, advance indoor microbial sampling

Humans spend greater than 90 percent of their time indoors, but we're never alone there. Bacteria and viruses, scientists estimate, make up half of the world's biomass—some 10 nonillion (1 followed by ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Real-time monitoring of RNA splicing in living cells moves step closer with novel fluorescent probe

Numerous biological processes depend on molecules called lariat RNAs (LaRNAs). These lasso-shaped structures form in the cell during RNA splicing. During this process, transcribed RNA strands convert to messenger ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yellow monkey flower could shed light on evolution's mysteries

(Phys.org) -- The French impressionist Claude Monet once credited flowers as the reason for him “having become a painter.”

Biology / Evolution

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Smart highways to avoid traffic jams

(Phys.org) -- Traffic lights on highway access ramps can help prevent traffic jams. Swiss engineers are testing this approach to increase the capacity of Swiss highways.

Technology / Engineering

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New research discovers metabolic adaptation to high altitudes

When mammals are cold, they can employ physical changes to stay warm -- such as intense shivering. Like any form of aerobic exercise, though, "shivering thermogenesis" is especially challenging at high altitudes ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Facebook IPO to bring cash and change

Facebook makes its hotly anticipated stock market debut this week in a history-making move promising wealth for insiders and change for users of the online social network.

Technology / Business

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

Questions about incredible sea turtle migration answered

Immediately after emerging from their underground nests on the lush beaches of eastern Florida, loggerhead sea turtles scramble into the sea and embark alone on a migration that takes them around the entire ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

MSU plan would control deadly tsetse fly

For the first time, scientists have created a satellite-guided plan to effectively control the tsetse fly – an African killer that spreads "sleeping sickness" disease among humans and animals and wipes ...

Biology / Other

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers develop new muscular dystrophy treatment approach using human stem cells

Researchers from the University of Minnesota's Lillehei Heart Institute have effectively treated muscular dystrophy in mice using human stem cells derived from a new process that – for the first time – makes the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Report warns of rapid decline in US Earth observation capabilities

A new National Research Council report says that budget shortfalls, cost-estimate growth, launch failures, and changes in mission design and scope have left U.S. earth observation systems in a more precarious position than ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2


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