The blame game in work-family conflict
When the demands of work and family conflict, is the job blamed, is the family role blamed or is blame placed on both? And what are the consequences?
Social Sciences
Jun 2, 2011
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Physicists calculate how to make atomic clocks super-accurate
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to atomic clocks, every second counts. In fact, according to Marianna Safronova, every quintillionth of a second counts.
General Physics
Jun 2, 2011
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Microscopic worms could help open up travel into deep space
(PhysOrg.com) -- A space flight by millions of microscopic worms could help us overcome the numerous threats posed to human health by space travel. The Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) have also given experts an insight ...
Space Exploration
Jun 2, 2011
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New temperature sensor sounds good
Temperature scientists at NPL are developing a thermometer that uses sound waves to measure temperature.
Engineering
Jun 2, 2011
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Robotic mine vehicles successfully reanimated by UA engineering students
In just 10 weeks, a group of University of Arizona engineering students took five crates of surplus hardware and two heavy-duty test vehicles, which didn't run, and mixed them with youthful enthusiasm, tenacity and many long ...
Engineering
Jun 2, 2011
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A hot body could help ships reduce drag
New research into drag reduction has the potential to help industries such shipping to reduce energy use and carbon emissions.
General Physics
Jun 2, 2011
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Method for creating single-crystal arrays of graphene developed
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Houston researchers have developed a method for creating single-crystal arrays of the material graphene, an advance that opens the possibility of a replacement for silicon in high-performance ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 2, 2011
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New research improves quality of free electron laser
The free electron laser is the next step in the development of equipment to help us see the structure of materials. Nino Čutić at MAX-lab in Lund, Sweden, has done a PhD in further improving the test free electron ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 2, 2011
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New thermal battery manufacturing method to be industrialized
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new thin-film coating process for manufacturing thermal batteries used in nuclear weapons and other munitions that was invented at Sandia National Laboratories will be industrialized under a new corporate ...
Engineering
Jun 2, 2011
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Mass extinction victim survives! Snail long thought extinct, isn't
(PhysOrg.com) -- Think "mass extinction" and you probably envision dinosaurs dropping dead in the long-ago past or exotic tropical creatures being wiped out when their rainforest habitats are decimated. But a major mass extinction ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 2, 2011
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