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UK children need more volunteer male befrienders

Many boys say they would prefer a male befriender according to early findings, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Yet, less than a quarter of UK volunteer child befrienders are men.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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

High-tech tools may help small grains breeders 'see' valuable plant traits faster

Two tools from industry are being applied to the small grains breeding program by a Texas AgriLife Research team to help identify valuable drought-resistance traits in wheat faster and less intrusively than ...

Biology / Other

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ASU astronomers discover faintest distant galaxy

Astronomers at Arizona State University have found an exceptionally distant galaxy, ranked among the top 10 most distant objects currently known in space. Light from the recently detected galaxy left the object ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Human hands leave prominent ecological footprints

Early human activity has left a greater footprint on today's ecosystem than previously thought, say researchers working at the University of Pittsburgh and in the multidisciplinary Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Facebook to let users vote on privacy changes

(AP) — Facebook is letting its nearly 1 billion users vote on changes to its privacy policy.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

NASA mission sending unmanned aircraft over hurricanes this year

Beginning this summer and over the next several years, NASA will be sending unmanned aircraft dubbed "severe storm sentinels" above stormy skies to help researchers and forecasters uncover information about ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cartel web presence could be used against them: experts

Experts from 20 countries gathered Wednesday at the Mexican resort town of Cancun to discuss a strategy for battling organized crime, in an effort mandated by the recent Summit of the Americas.

Technology / Internet

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Trapped dental 'calculus' holds clues to ancient human diets and health

Many ancient human teeth, including specimens tens of thousands of years old, still hold onto tiny pieces of food -- and even bacteria. Anthropologists are studying the tartar attached to ancient human teeth ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ultrafast laser helps to better understand high-temperature superconductors

Superconductivity, in which electric current flows without resistance, promises huge energy savings – from low-voltage electric grids with no transmission losses, superefficient motors and generators, ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Nanotechnology breakthrough could dramatically improve medical tests

A laboratory test used to detect disease and perform biological research could be made more than 3 million times more sensitive, according to researchers who combined standard biological tools with a breakthrough ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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