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Social Sciences May 20, 2024

US schools are not racially integrated, despite decades of effort, says educational sociologist

Nearly seven decades after the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, the court's declared goal of integrated education is still not yet achieved.

Social Sciences May 19, 2024

How Black teachers lost when civil rights won in Brown v. Board

Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court decision that desegregated public schools, stands in the collective national memory as a turning point in America's fight for racial justice. But as the U.S. observes its 70th ...

Ecology May 17, 2024

Feeding native ecosystems with waste

UC researchers are pioneering the use of treated sewage to restore native plants on Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula.

Earth Sciences May 17, 2024

Research finds human activity over natural inputs determines the bacterial community in an ice core

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) has the third-largest number of glaciers after the Antarctic and Greenland. Bacteria, deposited on glacier surfaces through dry and wet deposition, undergo in-situ growth and are subsequently preserved ...

Superconductivity May 16, 2024

Coupling quantum mechanical simulations and AI paves way for screening new superconductors

Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity without resistance and are essential for several technological advancements, which include medical imaging and energy-efficient technology. However, most known superconductors ...

Planetary Sciences May 15, 2024

Saturn-sized exoplanet isn't losing mass quickly enough

We have discovered more than 5,000 planets around other star systems. Among the veritable cosmic menagerie of exoplanets, it seems there is a real shortage of Neptune-sized planets close to their star.

Analytical Chemistry May 14, 2024

Scientists develop an affordable sensor for lead contamination

Engineers at MIT, Nanytang Technological University, and several companies have developed a compact and inexpensive technology for detecting and measuring lead concentrations in water, potentially enabling a significant advance ...

Condensed Matter May 13, 2024

Exceptionally large transverse thermoelectric effect produced by combining thermoelectric and magnetic materials

A NIMS research team has demonstrated for the first time ever that a simple stack of thermoelectric and magnetic material layers can exhibit a substantially larger transverse thermoelectric effect—energy conversion between ...

Astrobiology May 13, 2024

Tracing the origins of organic matter in Martian sediments

Although Mars presents a barren, dusty landscape with no signs of life so far, its geological features such as deltas, lakebeds, and river valleys strongly suggest a past where water once flowed abundantly on its surface. ...

Condensed Matter May 9, 2024

New study reveals phonon properties of β-MoB₂ single crystal

According to research published in Physical Review Research, a research team led by Prof. Luo Xuan from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered the existence of stacking faults ...

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