Greener ship propellers
A Norwegian invention is reducing by a third the energy that foundries need to manufacture ship propeller blades.
Engineering
Oct 28, 2014
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Researcher uses hacked studio data to prove racially diverse casts are more profitable
It's no secret that Hollywood has a dismal record of hiring non-white actors for prominent roles. In the past 25 years, just 11 percent of non-white actors have been nominated for Academy Awards, according to Time magazine. ...
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2018
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Metamolds—molding a mold
The method of fabricating objects via silicone molding has a long tradition. Until now, however, creating molds for casting complex objects required a lot of experience and involved manual work, which made the process expensive ...
Engineering
Aug 21, 2018
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Strike a pose: Research uncovers what's behind image in the modeling industry
The casting sessions aren't just for movie stars, but what is involved in casting decisions that can launch fashion models to fame – or at the very least – to land a job?
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2010
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Emergence of private high schools in rural India increases stratification by gender, income, socioeconomic status
From 2004 to 2014, private high schools opened in more than 200 rural villages in one large Indian state. In a new study, researchers have compared student outcomes in these villages with outcomes in several thousand villages ...
Education
Jan 3, 2023
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Corroding cannons measure dynamic power in reef ecosystems
Historic shipwrecks provide a unique insight into how the flux of dissolved oxygen, caused by waves breaking on coral and reefs, varies with depth and with seabed topography.
Environment
Jan 15, 2015
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Matrimonial website profiles show Indians more open to intercaste marriage
By examining data from a modern matchmaking website, University of Michigan researchers have found that many Indians—in their native country and the United States—are beginning to change their attitudes about intercaste ...
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2019
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TV shows with diverse writers rooms, casts resonated with pandemic audiences
The latest UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report, published today, reveals that television viewers during the COVID-19 pandemic leaned into content that came out of diverse writers rooms and that featured diverse casts.
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2021
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