News tagged with orphans
Capturing planets
(Phys.org) -- The discovery of planets around other stars has led to the realization that alien solar systems often have bizarre features - at least they seem bizarre to us because they were so unexpected. ...
May 22, 2012 |
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School-in-a-bag reduces drop-out rates
A more flexible approach to teaching methods and better community support could reduce school drop-out in high HIV-prevalence areas in sub-Saharan Africa. Findings from a project led by London's Institute of Education and ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Transporter 5: Solving an ancient mystery of the cell
(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery by scientists in Cambridge and Alberta of a fifth adaptor protein – a tiny and vital component of many cells –will lay the foundations for a greater understanding of ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Orphan supernovae?
For some years now astronomers have been scratching their heads over the appearance of supernovae that detonate out in the middle of nowhere – rather than within a host galaxy.
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Protective and mental health services critical for orphans worldwide
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Duke University researchers calls for increased support, protection and appropriate mental health services for orphaned and abandoned children on a global scale.
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Drilling underway for Canada's deepest oil well
Chevron Canada has begun drilling the country's deepest offshore oil well, as the firm sought to soothe fears over a repeat of the massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 11, 2010 |
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Mother is ?more essential? to orphans than breadwinner father
(PhysOrg.com) -- The role of a mother in African families is even more essential to the well-being of a child than the role played by the breadwinner father, according to a study published in the latest issue ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Tarantula venom-based MD therapy to be advanced by UB scientists' biotech company
University at Buffalo biophysicists have found a protein in tarantula venom that shows promise as a potential therapy for muscular dystrophy (MD). They have formed a start-up biotech company in Buffalo -- Rose Pharmaceuticals ...
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Study finds orphanages are viable options for some children
A Duke University study of more than 3,000 orphaned and abandoned children in five Asian and African countries has found that children in institutional orphanages fare as well or better than those who live in the community.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Rice opens 'Cure for Needy' on the Web
Suppose you had a disease for which there's a proven cure, but nobody makes the drug. Where do you turn?
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Orphan
An orphan (from the Greek ὀρφανός) is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents. In common usage, only a child (or the young of an animal) who has lost both parents is called an orphan. However, adults can also be referred to as orphans, or "adult orphans".
In certain animal species where the father typically abandons the mother and young at or prior to birth, the young will be called orphans when the mother dies regardless of the condition of the father.
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