Women who demonstrate stereotypical masculine traits should be mindful of their behavior if they want to get ahead in the workplace. That is the finding of researchers at George Mason University and Stanford University who ...
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2011
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A study of how medical students evaluate their professors is illustrating the critical importance of making a good first impression.
Social Sciences
Dec 10, 2010
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Social promotions such as those offered by deal-of-the-day website Groupon are wildly popular with shoppers, but they might not be as big a hit for businesses, according to a recent study by Rice University's Jesse H. Jones ...
Economics & Business
Sep 29, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The glass ceiling may no longer be holding women down, but they still get trapped on the sticky floor and by the mid-level bottleneck.
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2010
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Twitter on Monday banned outside advertising in the stream of messages at the hot microblogging service.
Internet
May 24, 2010
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Pecans are the only nut native to the U.S. grown on a commercial scale. These popular nuts are "alternate" or "biennial bearers", a trait that leads to yearly production and quality fluctuations. The annual instability in ...
Other
Apr 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers has made a major advance toward producing induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, that are safe enough to use in treating diseases in patients.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 8, 2009
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(AP) -- Anyone with a computer and Internet connection can be off to see "The Wizard of Oz" for free next month, courtesy of Netflix Inc.'s movie-streaming service.
Internet
Sep 8, 2009
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(AP) -- An upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly's print edition will be embedded with a video player that will run ads for CBS shows and Pepsi.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 19, 2009
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Genes that contain instructions for making proteins make up less than 2% of the human genome. Yet, for unknown reasons, most of our genome is transcribed into RNA. The same is true for many other organisms that are easier ...
Jan 25, 2009
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