News tagged with survey data

WISE mission sees skies ablaze with blazars

(Phys.org) -- Astronomers are actively hunting a class of supermassive black holes throughout the universe called blazars thanks to data collected by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Digital divide widens, research finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- The "digital divide" -- the gap in Internet access and usage due to socioeconomic factors -- is increasing, according to research published in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Don't put all your eggs in one basket -- or all your horses on one pasture

Winters in the Gobi desert are usually long and very cold but the winter of 2009-2010 was particularly severe. Millions of livestock died in Mongolia and the re-introduced wild Przewalski's horse population crashed dramatically. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Survey reveals scientists have trouble accessing human embryonic stem cell lines

The promise of stem cell research for drug discovery and cell-based therapies depends on the ability of scientists to acquire stem cell lines for their research.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New map reveals what lies beneath the frozen continent

Scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have produced the most detailed map of underneath Antarctica -- its rock bed.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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

Many top US scientists wish they had more children

Nearly half of all women scientists and one-quarter of male scientists at the nation's top research universities said their career has kept them from having as many children as they had wanted, according to a new study by ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Celestial fireworks from dying stars (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- This image of the nebula NGC 3582, which was captured at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile, shows giant loops of gas bearing a striking resemblance to solar prominences. These loops are ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

RASICAM: The Little Infrared Camera that Could

(PhysOrg.com) -- Perched on a peak high in the Chilean Andes, 2200 meters above sea level, the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory has an enviable view of the night sky. In 2011, the Dark Energy Survey ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Show me the money: Pay the biggest influence on retirement decisions, survey finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- With many employees on the threshold of retirement now forced to re-think their plans in the wake of the global financial crisis, new research confirms that money is clearly a key priority for most people. ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0