On social media, female entrepreneurs act demurely to thrive
The more things change, the more they stay the same for female internet entrepreneurs.
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2017
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What's smaller than a python but just as bad for South Florida? Invasive fish
Out in the Big Cypress swamp, across the street from the country's smallest post office in a wilderness the size of Rhode Island, a canal is teeming with something unexpected: aquarium fish usually found in a pet shop.
Ecology
Apr 4, 2017
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Sociologists urge use of big data to study human interaction
The internet dominates our world and each one of us is leaving a larger digital footprint as more time passes. Those footprints are ripe for studying, experts say.
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2017
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Collaborative research may lead to improvements in the production of carbon fibres
Infrared (IR) imaging technology at the Australian Synchrotron, developed specifically for carbon fibre analysis, has contributed to a better understanding of chemical changes that affect structure in the production of high-performance ...
Materials Science
Apr 4, 2017
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NASA Kennedy partners to help develop self-driving cars
Since its inception, NASA has been known as an agency that opens doors to the future. While focusing on exploration beyond our home planet, agency experts also are working to improve life right here on Earth. NASA at the ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 4, 2017
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Frequent flaring on TRAPPIST-1—unsuited for habitability?
Data from the K2 mission reveals strong stellar magnetism in the TRAPPIST-1 system that hosts three potentially habitable planets, suggesting that those planets could be a less friendly place for life.
Astronomy
Apr 4, 2017
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Biologists increased the proportion of medicinal substances in plants
Tomsk State University biologists have developed a technology for obtaining cell cultures with a high content of a number of biologically active substances (BAS). It is important for pharmaceuticals, and will also help to ...
Biotechnology
Apr 4, 2017
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Rising incomes make people less likely to attend religious services
New research by the University of Manchester has found that people are less likely to attend religious services regularly if their income rises.
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2017
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Researchers obtain Bose-Einstein condensate with nickel chloride
Bose-Einstein condensates, often called the "fifth state of matter," are obtained when atoms are cooled almost to absolute zero. Under these conditions, the particles no longer have free energy to move relative to on another, ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 4, 2017
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A promising strategy to increase activity in antimicrobial peptides
In an article published recently in Plos One, researchers from INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier Research Centre reported a strategy that could lead to the discovery of new cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) with greatly ...
Biochemistry
Apr 4, 2017
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