New coral bleaching database to help predict fate of global reefs
A UBC-led research team has developed a new global coral bleaching database that could help scientists predict future bleaching events.
A UBC-led research team has developed a new global coral bleaching database that could help scientists predict future bleaching events.
Environment
May 1, 2017
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Research has shown that students' learning and cognitive performance can be influenced by emotional reactions to learning, like enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom. Most studies on this topic have been done in labs. Now a new ...
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2017
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A new website created by faculty and students at Binghamton University, State University of New York ranks university philosophy departments and academic journals by gender in order to draw attention to the underrepresentation ...
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2016
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Better communication about how educational research can impact public policy may improve educational equity, according to a new paper from Rice University.
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2016
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Methodologists from Tilburg University and the University of Amsterdam have developed a simple web app that can automatically detect statistical errors in psychology research papers.
Mathematics
Sep 27, 2016
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Satellite and drone images have led to a new discovery in the ancient city of Petra—a massive man-made stone platform hidden under sand.
Archaeology
Jun 11, 2016
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Human error is the largest single cause of mistakes made by veterinary surgeons when treating patients, new research by The University of Nottingham has revealed.
Other
Oct 22, 2015
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Last week there was another very public case of a journal article being retracted as a result of academic misconduct. This time it was in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), with the lead author – Dr ...
Sep 23, 2015
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Peer reviews in science, in which independent scientists who are experts on the subject assess the paper, is the current strategy for ensuring quality and control in scientific research and, therefore, it is essential for ...
Other
Jun 12, 2015
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No matter whether you study medicine or biology, law or art, neuroscience or history—there is one instrument that we all share: the journal. Learned journals play a pivotal role in science and academia. Publishing in scholarly ...
Other
Jun 1, 2015
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