The endless ranks of estate agents' signs peppering towns and cities across the country could be a thing of the past thanks to scientists at Plymouth University.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 5, 2013
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White working-class communities resent neighbours they think have gained from state favouritism, and not richer or more powerful classes, a new study says.
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2013
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People who are carrying out the aims of the Big Society – those doing voluntary work – show little enthusiasm for the Prime Minister's idea, new research says.
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2013
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(Phys.org) —New research provides an insight into how groups of people tackle social dilemmas and effectively punish those engaging in anti-social behaviour.
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2013
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Long-tailed tits which lose their eggs or young may help to feed neighbours' chicks, researchers have found. But the degree to which they'll co-operate varies from year to year.
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2013
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Older male fiddler crabs are more likely to wave at females, and spend more time waving, than younger males, according to new research published today in Biology Letters.
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2013
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The people we live next to and start a family with are more likely than ever before to be from a diverse range of ethnic identities, according to research at The University of Manchester.
Social Sciences
Dec 18, 2012
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As urban populations expand, downtown buildings are going nowhere but up. The huge energy needs of these skyscrapers mean that these towers are not only office buildings, they're polluters with smokestacks billowing out toxins ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 1, 2012
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Worker bees have become a highly skilled and specialized work force because the genes that determine their behaviour are shuffled frequently, helping natural selection to build a better bee, research from York University ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 15, 2012
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Researchers believe that the richness of plant species can boost primary production. But studies investigating the mechanisms behind positive plant biomass response to greater plant diversity have been lacking - until now. ...
Ecology
Oct 3, 2012
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