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'Genetic biopsy' of human eggs might help pick the best for IVF

Given the stakes of in vitro fertilization, prospective parents and their doctors need the best information they can get about the eggs they will extract, attempt to fertilize, and implant. New research at Brown University ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Household financial contributions by adult live-in children are influenced by family structure

Single parents are more likely than parents in nuclear families to receive financial help from their grown, live-in children, according to research to be presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Book sharing could boost prospects of world's poorest children

Teaching parents how to share books with their infants could have a dramatic effect on improving literacy rates in developing countries, University of Reading researchers have found.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Architecture of experience

Krystal Tung ’13 wanted to follow the yellow brick road. When the Cabot House resident heard that this spring’s House musical would be “The Wizard of Oz,” she headed straight for the stage.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Egg Cetera #1: The immortal egg

In the first report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, biologists Dr. Harry Leitch and Professor Azim Surani describe how advances in understanding egg development could transform reproductive ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Venture capital managers affect firms' success, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Corporate venture capital investment strategies, goals and outcomes vary greatly depending on the background of the investment manager, a new University of California, Davis, study shows.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research shows we must pay now or we'll pay more later for youth crisis

A comprehensive report published today by the University of Bristol Centre for Market and Public Organisation and Tomorrow’s People shows a worrying increase in the number of young NEET individuals – ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Study reveals gender bias of prospective parents

A Queen's University study has found that when people think about having children, men want boys and women want girls.

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created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Online tool helps predict college costs

Choosing a college is one of the most important financial decisions that a teenager - and his or her parents - will ever make. But families that are going through the college-application process have usually had little in ...

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created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

House-hunting honey bees work like complex brains: study

Swarms of bees and brains made up of neurons make decisions using strikingly similar mechanisms, says a new study in the Dec. 9 issue of Science.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study examines family formations in young adulthood

For many, an important marker of adulthood is forming a family, whether it's having a child, getting married or cohabiting with a romantic partner. Researchers at Bowling Green State University's National Center for Family ...

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created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Tocqueville for our time

Almost two centuries after he traveled around the United States studying its people and government, the French writer Alexis de Tocqueville remains one of the most influential of all commentators on American ...

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created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1


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