China will press ahead with its multi-billion-dollar financing of coal plants in developing countries, a top climate official said Tuesday, despite Beijing's stated aim of slashing carbon emissions.
Environment
Apr 27, 2021
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Sometimes in astronomy, the acronym for a project fits it particularly well. That would absolutely be the case for the Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection, which researchers hope to scale up to a size of 200,000 km2 ...
General Physics
Dec 23, 2020
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In research, the results of studies must be precise and reproducible. For this reason, researchers carry out experiments under strictly standardized laboratory conditions. However, despite the high standards applied, results ...
Other
Oct 21, 2020
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Students' high school grade point averages are five times stronger than their ACT scores at predicting college graduation, according to a new study published today in Educational Researcher, a peer-reviewed journal of the ...
Education
Jan 28, 2020
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When people learn that a charitable contribution they earmarked for a specific project was used for another cause, they feel betrayed—and often punish the charity, new research from Washington State University indicates.
Economics & Business
Dec 13, 2019
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One standardized assessment tool has become the key benchmark for national governments to judge their schools' successes. But the academic rankings generated by the Program in International Student Assessment (PISA) are eclipsing ...
Education
Dec 03, 2019
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The potential of women for leadership roles is being overlooked, while men benefit from the perception that they will grow into the role, new research from the University of Kent shows.
Social Sciences
May 14, 2019
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Getting young students interested in science and math may soon be much easier for teachers – as easy as point, click and print.
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2019
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Gone are the days when living at home in your 20s was seen as an embarrassing sign of arrested development. Today, 63% of single adults between the ages of 20 and 29 live with their parents, as do just over half of 25- to ...
Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2019
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Electric cars are increasingly complex and frequently recalled. But does it necessarily have to be that way? A post-market in-vehicle diagnostics system and semiconductor-based technologies developed under the 3Ccar project ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 01, 2018
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