Countries that enter into defense pacts with other nations are less likely to be attacked, according to new research from Rice University. And those countries are not more likely to attack others.
Economics & Business
Feb 10, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Children's fingerprints disappear faster than those of adults -- a little-known fact that can hamper investigations of kidnapping cases. To investigate this phenomenon, a team of researchers used beams of ...
General Physics
Feb 10, 2011
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Empa researchers, together with TISCA TIARA, a Swiss manufacturer of artificial turf, have developed a novel fiber for artificial turf. The bi-component fiber returns to an upright position again and again thanks to a hard ...
Materials Science
Feb 10, 2011
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Social psychologist Aaronette M. White believes in living feminism not just talking about it.
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While enthusiasts across the world pored over the Voynich manuscript, one of the most mysterious writings ever found – penned by an unknown author in a language no one understands – a research team ...
Archaeology
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A new University of Otago study looking at the traits of unarmed insurgencies over six decades contains lessons which could equally apply today to countries such as protest-torn Egypt and Tunisia.
Economics & Business
Feb 10, 2011
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The widespread availability of ultrasound scans in India is giving rise to abortions of female foetuses on an unprecedented scale, according to new research by Professor Sonia Bhalotra from the University’s Center for ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2011
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For the last 18 years, Cheryl Knott of Boston University has been racing the clock. While she researches orangutans in the rainforests of Gunung Palung National Park in Borneo, the numbers of this magnificent ape steadily ...
Ecology
Feb 10, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The ongoing turmoil inside Jupiter’s missing – and slowly re-emerging – South Equatorial Belt can now be seen in unprecedented detail thanks to the Keck II telescope’s Adaptive Optics ...
Astronomy
Feb 10, 2011
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Sales of tablets and smartphones will outnumber personal computers this year as consumers begin using a wider variety of devices to access the Internet, according to a study by the Deloitte consulting firm.
Business
Feb 10, 2011
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