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Female sex offenders protected by the criminal justice system

Female sex offenders receive lighter sentences for the same crimes than males says a study recently published in Feminist Criminology, a SAGE journal and the official journal of the Division on Women and Crime of the Americ ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pivotal role for proteins -- from helping turn carbs into energy to causing devastating disease

Research into how carbohydrates are converted into energy has led to a surprising discovery with implications for the treatment of a perplexing and potentially fatal neuromuscular disorder and possibly even cancer and heart ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Social media and the Internet allowed young Arab women to play a central role in the Arab Spring

Over the course of 2011's momentous Arab Spring uprisings, young women in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen used social media and cyberactivism to carve out central roles in the revolutionary struggles under way in ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UD professor leads efforts to support science students with disabilities

Karl Booksh points to data collected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) showing that Americans with disabilities make up some 10-15 percent of the population but account for less than 1 percent of those ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mother knows best, among wild vervet monkeys

Among vervet monkeys, social learning is strongly influenced by matrilineal family members, according to a study published Apr. 25 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

My fair physicist? Feminine math, science role models do not motivate girls

(Phys.org) -- Women who excel in male-dominated science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields are often unjustly stereotyped as unfeminine.

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created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Study: Policy language regarding girls education often limiting, not empowering

Education for girls in developing countries has received more attention in recent years. A new study found that the very policy documents advocating the need for equal access to education limit the scope of the initiatives ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

More than half of Americans doubt US global leadership in 2020

More than half of likely voters doubt that the United States will be the No. 1 world leader in science, technology and health care by the year 2020, according to a new national public opinion poll commissioned by Research!America. ...

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created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Seeing brands as people

From the Michelin Man to the Pillsbury Doughboy, anthropomorphized brands have often been used by companies eager to put a personal face on their products. Now new research shows that thinking about brands as people can make ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Beauty in the eye of the Googler

Google Inc. has been described as functional, powerful, scary, speedy and fun. But beautiful? Hardly ever.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Elaborate plumage due to testosterone?

(PhysOrg.com) -- In many bird species males have a more elaborate plumage than females. This elaborate plumage is often used to signal body condition, to intimidate rivals or to attract potential mates. In ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Role of gender in workplace negotiations

A study conducted by Columbia Business School Professor Michael Morris, Chavkin-Chang Professor of Leadership, and Emily Amanatullah, now an Assistant Professor of Management at McCombs School of Business of the University ...

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created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Possible CEOs to succeed Carol Bartz at Yahoo

(AP) -- The search has now begun for a person willing to lead one of the world's most popular Internet properties, Yahoo Inc., whose problems have deepened under its three previous leaders.

Technology / Business

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Fetal tissue plays pivotal role in formation of insulin-producing cells

A somewhat mysterious soft tissue found in the fetus during early development in the womb plays a pivotal role in the formation of mature beta cells the sole source of the body's insulin. This discovery, made ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Apple fans: Company is more than Steve Jobs

(AP) -- Apple fans and would-be customers seemed to agree that while Steve Jobs' charisma and innovative genius is one-of-a-kind, the company he built will survive without him.

Technology / Business

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 0