Failing to match the educational achievements of one's parents can be as distressing for men as having ethnic minority status or being divorced, new research says.
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2018
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The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting, discharging hundreds of billions of tons of water into the ocean each year. Sea levels are steadily rising.
Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2018
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Mechanical engineers at the University of California, Riverside, have reported success in using inexpensive materials to produce thermoelectric devices that transform low-level waste heat into electricity.
General Physics
Apr 10, 2018
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Thanks to low-noise superconducting quantum amplifiers invented at the University of California, Berkeley, physicists are now embarking on the most sensitive search yet for axions, one of today's top candidates for dark matter.
General Physics
Apr 10, 2018
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A telescope in outback Western Australia has been used to listen to a mysterious cigar-shaped object that entered our Solar System late last year.
Astronomy
Apr 10, 2018
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Almost a third of working fathers in the UK lack access to flexible work arrangements, new research says.
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2018
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Professional footballers' frequent transfers to new clubs leave their wives and children feel isolated and lonely as they move around the country, research says.
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2018
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The Trace Gas Orbiter has reached its final orbit after a year of 'aerobraking' that ended in February. This exciting operation saw the craft skimming through the very top of the upper atmosphere, using drag on its solar ...
Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2018
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One of the eternal challenges of economic development is how to identify the economic activities that a country, city, or region should target. During recent years, a large body of research has shown that countries, regions, ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 10, 2018
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Forty years ago, scientists theorized a new kind of low-mass particle that could solve one of the enduring mysteries of nature: what dark matter is made of. Now a new chapter in the search for that particle has begun.
General Physics
Apr 10, 2018
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