A new statistical analysis shows the world population could reach nearly 11 billion by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report issued June 13. That's about 800 million, or about 8 percent, more than the ...
Social Sciences
Jun 13, 2013
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A new method that could give a deeper insight into evolutional biology by tracing directionality in gene migration has just appeared in EPJ Data Science. Paolo Masucci from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, at University ...
Biotechnology
Dec 10, 2012
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Cellphones and driving go together like knives and juggling. But when cellphone use is banned, are drivers any safer?
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2012
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(Phys.org)—At first glance, the northern muriqui monkey is a prime conservation success story.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2012
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A team of researchers from Arizona State University have found that warming resulting from megapolitan expansion is seasonally dependent, with greatest warming occurring during summer and least during winter. Among the most ...
Environment
Sep 7, 2012
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A new statistical model predicts that by 2100 the number of people older than 85 worldwide will increase more than previously estimated, and there will be fewer working-age adults to support them than previously expected.
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2012
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As communities seek new ways to emerge from the recession, many may look to growing their population as a strategy. However, the belief that population growth will bring jobs and economic prosperity for local residents is ...
Economics & Business
Jul 19, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has shown researchers and plant breeders a better way to handle the massive amounts of data being generated by plant molecular studies, using an approach that ...
Biotechnology
Apr 18, 2012
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A new digital speech database which captures how voices vary between different speakers or situations for the purpose of forensic speaker comparison has been launched by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
Other
Apr 5, 2012
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For more than half a century, many social scientists and urban geographers interested in modeling the movement of people and goods between cities, states or countries have relied on a statistical formula called the gravity ...
Mathematics
Feb 27, 2012
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