News tagged with secondary
Researchers discover water on the moon is widespread, similar to Earth's
Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are once again turning what scientists thought they knew about the moon on its head.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2010 |
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More 'Star Trek' than 'Snuggie': Student design to protect lunar outpost from dangerous radiation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Alien creatures are the least of NASA's worries when it comes to moon travel. There are several potential threats to future missions - with space radiation at the top of the list. Now, a group ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2009 |
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Chemical from Soil Bacteria Shows Potential Neuron Toxicity; Has Possible Parkinson's Implications
(PhysOrg.com) -- A chemical produced by common soil bacteria may kill neurons that produce dopamine, according to an article authored by University of Alabama researchers publishing Oct. 6. Dopamine neuron demise leads to ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Why do animals, especially males, have so many different colors?
(PhysOrg.com) -- In new research, UCLA scientists claim that "secondary sexual traits" like coloring may let animals know which species to avoid fighting.
Oct 31, 2009 |
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Poverty is rooted in US education system, researcher says
Inequalities are rooted in many areas of the U.S. education system, and the current system's relationship with poverty has not improved, according to a Kansas State University researcher.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 05, 2009 |
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NASA Mars-bound rover begins research in space
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's car-sized Curiosity rover has begun monitoring space radiation during its 8-month trip from Earth to Mars. The research will aid in planning for future human missions to the Red Planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Research Shows an Incentive to Snitch Produces False Information
(PhysOrg.com) -- The secondary confession - also known as snitching - is widely accepted as valid evidence in criminal prosecution. Yet, the first behavioral study to investigate whether people will provide false secondary ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Children 'increasingly unlikely' to learn a modern language
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children are increasingly unlikely to leave school with even the most basic knowledge of modern languages despite Government claims to the contrary, an independent study has found.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Oldest objects in solar system indicate a turbulent beginning
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found that calcium, aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs), some of the oldest objects in the solar system, formed far away from our sun and then later fell back into the mid-plane ...
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Birds do it, bees do it; termites don't, necessarily
Scientists at North Carolina State University and three universities in Japan have shown for the first time that it is possible for certain female termite "primary queens" to reproduce both sexually and asexually ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Benefit of aspirin for healthy people is uncertain
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has shown that, while taking aspirin is beneficial in preventing heart attacks and strokes among people with established cardiovascular disease (secondary prevention), its benefits ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 29, 2009 |
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What happens to the young and educated without a job?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the University of Oxford is looking at how young educated people who are unemployed become politicized in different ways - either through violent struggle or as reformers ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Researcher proposes statistical method to enhance airport secondary security screenings
A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin has found that secondary security screening at airports is mathematically flawed, and has identified a way to select people for screenings more efficiently and fairly.
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Drivers engaging in a secondary task may pay more attention to the road
Although many human factors/ergonomics studies conducted over the past few years indicate that drivers who talk on the phone fail to attend to the road and increase the likelihood of an accident, the monotony of driving may ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Significant gap between best and worst Maths Trainee Teachers in England
A significant gap between the best and worst maths trainee teachers in England has been revealed in new research published today (22nd March 2011). This applies to both general Primary trainee teachers and to Secondary specialist ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2011 |
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