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Researchers will test suicide prevention program in high schools

With students returning to classes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers are beginning a large, long-term study of the effectiveness of a unique suicide prevention program in high schools across New York and ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Computing experts unveil superefficient 'inexact' chip

Researchers have unveiled an "inexact" computer chip that challenges the industry's dogmatic 50-year pursuit of accuracy. The design improves power and resource efficiency by allowing for occasional errors. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 44 | with audio podcast

Growing risks from hatchery fish

A newly published collection of more than 20 studies by leading university scientists and government fishery researchers in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Russia and Japan provides ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Inside Hitler's mind

A secret analysis of Adolf Hitler’s mental state which was drawn up by British Intelligence in April 1942 has been uncovered by a researcher, having apparently lain unread since the war.

Other Sciences / Other

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A NASA weather 'Eye in the Sky' marks 10 years

For 10 years, it has silently swooped through space in its orbital perch 438 miles (705 kilometers) above Earth, its nearly 2,400 spectral "eyes" peering into Earth's atmosphere, watching. But there's nothing ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Marine scientists urge government to reassess oil spill response

On the second anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, a national panel of researchers including University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye is urging the federal government to reassess how it ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Auburn scientists find tar balls are better left alone

(PhysOrg.com) -- The April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the waves of tar balls deposited on the beaches shortly thereafter prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to produce ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mountaintop blasting to mine the sky with the giant magellan telescope

Astronomers have begun to blast 3 million cubic feet of rock from a mountaintop in the Chilean Andes to make room for what will be the world's largest telescope when completed near the end of the decade. The telescope will ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Google opens Amazon wilds to armchair explorers

Google's free online map service on Wednesday began letting people explore portions of the Amazon Basin from the comfort of their homes.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

California's stem cell agency ponders its future

(AP) -- The creation of California's stem cell agency in 2004 was greeted by scientists and patients as a turning point in a field mired in debates about the destruction of embryos and hampered by federal research restrictions.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Young people not so 'green' after all

They have a reputation for being environmentally minded do-gooders. But an academic analysis of surveys spanning more than 40 years has found that today's young Americans are less interested in the environment ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4


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