A linguist from the University of Houston is proposing a solution to a centuries-old puzzle: What sparked the "nonsense" language in "Gulliver's Travels"?
Social Sciences
Aug 11, 2015
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This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. This week also marks a watershed ruling by a federal appeals court striking down the controversial Texas voter ID law as violating that landmark civil rights ...
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2015
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Researchers from the University of Houston found that some natural gas wells, compressor stations and processing plants in the Barnett Shale leak far more methane (CH4) than previously estimated, potentially offsetting the ...
Environment
Jul 7, 2015
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Researchers from the University of Houston have devised a new formula for calculating the maximum efficiency of thermoelectric materials, the first new formula in more than a half-century, designed to speed up the development ...
General Physics
Jun 22, 2015
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Anyone who has crawled along in the left lane while other drivers raced up the right lane, which was clearly marked "lane ends, merge left," has experienced social cheating, a maddening and fascinating behavior common to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 4, 2015
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University of Houston researchers have identified a new, less-invasive method to provide diagnostic information on kidney disease and its severity.
Analytical Chemistry
May 29, 2015
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A recent University of Houston (UH) study suggests that long-term exposure to news may negatively influence racial bias towards social groups.
Social Sciences
May 28, 2015
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Seeking to advance minimally invasive medical treatments, researchers have proposed using tiny robots, driven by magnetic potential energy from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners.
Robotics
May 27, 2015
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Researchers at the University of Houston have determined that climate change - in the form of a stronger sea breeze, the result of warmer soil temperatures - contributed to the drop in high-ozone days in the Houston area.
Environment
May 14, 2015
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Researchers at the University of Houston have created an optical lens that can be placed on an inexpensive smartphone to magnify images by a magnitude of 120, all for just 3 cents a lens.
Optics & Photonics
May 4, 2015
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