A new study finds that small differences in institutional prestige have an enormous impact on the likelihood that a person who graduates with a doctoral degree will land a coveted faculty job.
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2015
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(Phys.org) —Heidi Ledford, a staff writer for the journal Nature, has posted a News Feature piece in the current issue of the journal highlighting how much of tax dollars are now going to support indirect spending when ...
The US Agency for International Development and the Swedish government announced a $25 million grant program Monday to increase access to clean water for farming.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 2, 2013
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The first large-scale study of U.S. science faculty with education specialties (SFES) concludes that their training and funding vary considerably depending on their college or university.
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2013
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Lonni Besançon devotes evenings and weekends to rarely appreciated sanitation work. By examining scientific articles after they are published and exposing shortcomings, he has made himself an enemy of both researchers and ...
Education
Apr 30, 2024
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Local and state governments have a variety of tools at their disposal to attract businesses or entice them to stay. One is tax relief. Austin, for example, helped lure electric automaker Tesla in part with property tax rebates ...
Economics & Business
Mar 26, 2024
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Nearly $1.23 billion has been spent by the U.S. government since 2004 on the cleanup of toxic pollutants in waterways resulting from manufacturing activities in historic areas around the Great Lakes.
Economics & Business
Oct 17, 2023
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Patterns of movement in cities, especially office job commutes, were substantially changed in 2021 by telework, economic change and other responses to COVID-19, according to new research from the Accessibility Observatory ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2023
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Disasters can happen anywhere.
Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2023
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In March 2020, an experiment in science philanthropy was hatched in the span of a five-minute call.
Other
Jul 18, 2023
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