A threatened tree species in Alaska could serve as a model for integrating ecological and social research methods in efforts to safeguard species that are vulnerable to climate change effects and human activity.
Ecology
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As its first year wraps up, the Center of Excellence for Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge (MD2K) has made significant progress toward its goal of using mobile sensor data to realize precision medicine. Through their involvement ...
Engineering
Oct 15, 2015
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A new twist in economic studies could help growers be more brainy in bringing their products to market, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist.
Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2015
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Researchers from Colorado State University and The Ohio State University have found evidence that we think about wildlife like our ancestors did.
Ecology
Oct 15, 2015
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Preliminary results from an ongoing long-term survey conducted by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science suggest an average number of young-of-the-year striped bass was produced in Virginia tributaries ...
Ecology
Oct 15, 2015
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Rare earth elements are used in computer hard drives, electric motors and to generate and amplify the lasers at Lawrence Livermore's National Ignition Facility (NIF). Future applications may include serving as memory for ...
Materials Science
Oct 15, 2015
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For entrepreneurs, connections are as good as gold. Especially connections with the right investors.
Economics & Business
Oct 15, 2015
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Women received smaller raises than men even when evaluations show comparable levels of performance, according to a paper recently co-authored by Aparna Joshi of the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2015
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Parasitoids are insects that lay their eggs inside other insects, their 'hosts'. New research reveals that egg laying parasitoids are able to distinguish between the presence of none, one or two earlier laid competitive parasitoid ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 15, 2015
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Uncertainty about climate change can, counter-intuitively, produce actionable knowledge and thus should provide an impetus, rather than a hindrance, to addressing climate change, researchers from the University of Bristol's ...
Environment
Oct 15, 2015
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