Zero tolerance policy in schools - which can mandate automatic punishment for weapons, drugs, profanity and various forms of disruptive behavior - is failing to make students feel safe, contends a new study by two Michigan ...
Social Sciences
May 10, 2010
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(AP) -- A court has convicted a British man of sending a menacing electronic communication for saying on Twitter that he would blow up an airport.
Internet
May 10, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By using entire islands as experimental laboratories, two Dartmouth biologists have performed one of the largest manipulations of natural selection ever conducted in a wild animal population. Their results, ...
Plants & Animals
May 10, 2010
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Professor Alexander Balandin and a team of UC Riverside researchers, including Chun Ning Lau, an associate professor of physics, have taken another step toward new technology that could keep laptops and other electronic devices ...
Nanomaterials
May 10, 2010
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(AP) -- A remote-controlled submarine shot a chemical dispersant into the maw of a massive undersea oil leak Monday, further evidence that authorities expect the gusher to keep erupting into the Gulf of Mexico for weeks ...
Environment
May 10, 2010
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(AP) -- Sony Corp. said Monday it likely booked a much narrower loss last year thanks to cost cuts and better electronics sales.
Business
May 10, 2010
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A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will send an army of microorganisms into space this week, to investigate new ways of preventing the formation and spread of biofilms, or clusters of bacteria, that ...
Space Exploration
May 10, 2010
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(AP) -- Dish Network Corp. reported a 26 percent drop in first-quarter net income as the satellite TV company stepped up promotions to reel in customers. Its CEO also warned the company may shut down millions of digital video ...
Business
May 10, 2010
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(AP) -- NBC Universal will sell one of the three Los Angeles stations it owns as cable TV provider Comcast Corp. tries to clear regulatory hurdles so it can acquire a controlling stake in the entertainment company.
Telecom
May 10, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers this summer will take a close look at a rare cosmic cradle for the universe's largest stars, baby bruisers that grow up to have 50 times the sun's mass.
Astronomy
May 10, 2010
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