Dropouts weren't prepared in first place, study finds
While some folks may look at university/college dropouts as simply lazy slackers, a Western study boils the bailout down to simple ability.
Economics & Business
Feb 15, 2013
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System would destroy asteroids that threaten Earth
As an asteroid roughly half as large as a football field—and with energy equal to a large hydrogen bomb—readies for a fly-by of Earth on Friday, two California scientists are unveiling their proposal for a system that ...
Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2013
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The observation of truly metallic behavior in an organic material heralds a new generation of electronic devices
When we think about metals, objects like copper wires and sheets of iron spring to mind. However, organic materials—those based, as all living matter, on carbon and oxygen atoms—can also exhibit metallic behavior. Some ...
Materials Science
Feb 15, 2013
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New technique developed to separate complex molecular mixtures
Chemists at the University of Liverpool have created a new technique that could be used in industry to separate complex organic chemical mixtures.
Materials Science
Feb 15, 2013
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Deadly bacteria attack not only us, but each other as well, with remarkable precision
Vibrio cholerae, the scourge of nations lacking clean water. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the microbe that plagues people with cystic fibrosis. Acinetobacter species, opportunistic organisms that can infect vulnerable people. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 15, 2013
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EU-project on deep-sea organisms
The collaborative project PharmaSea will bring European researchers to some of the deepest, coldest and hottest places on the planet. Scientists from the UK, Belgium, Norway, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 15, 2013
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Extreme winters impact fish negatively
Ecologists from Umeå University and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim have studied fish communities and fish habitat and reviewed the importance of winter conditions for fish in streams and ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2013
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World's third largest asteroid impact zone found in South Australia
An asteroid measuring up to 20km across hit South Australia up to 360 million years ago and left behind the one of the largest asteroid impact zones on Earth, according to new research published today.
Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2013
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No health effects from Fukushima: Japan researcher
A Japanese government-backed researcher said Friday no health effects from radiation released by the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have been seen in people living nearby.
Environment
Feb 15, 2013
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Researchers build self-repairing "systemic" computer
(Phys.org)—Computer scientists Christos Sakellariou and Peter Bentley working together at University College in London, have built a new kind of computer that runs instruction segments randomly, rather than sequentially, ...
