About a year after she was appointed to a senior editorial role at an academic journal, psychology researcher Professor Simine Vazire was admonished for upsetting eminent researchers by "desk rejecting" their papers.
Other
Jun 30, 2020
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The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed a novel method to 3-D print components used in neutron instruments for scientific research to the ExOne Company, a leading maker of binder jet 3-D printing ...
General Physics
Jun 22, 2020
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The science publisher Nature took the unprecedented step Wednesday of delaying the release of all the research in its flagship journal as part of a global strike to protest institutional anti-black racism in academia.
Other
Jun 10, 2020
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Carefully wrapped inside this donut-shaped bag is a 35-m diameter parachute that will endure a frenzied six-minute dive into the Martian atmosphere.
Space Exploration
Apr 3, 2020
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"I can't watch these animals go extinct and sit by," Josh, general manager of Mugie Conservancy said in an interview about the problem of poaching other animals, usually for profit. This after he received a call about a dead ...
Environment
Mar 27, 2020
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Transportation produces a sizable amount of greenhouse gas emissions, largely by using petroleum to power internal combustion engines. Alternatives –- for example, organic materials such as grasses to produce fuels or electricity ...
Environment
Feb 27, 2020
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A recent study, co-authored by a University of Notre Dame professor, shows how educators' racial and gender biases affect their assessments of students' academic skills based on noncognitive skills, which include behavior, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 11, 2020
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A new study shows that there is a huge disparity in the level of funding for social science research into the greatest challenge in combatting global warming—how to get individuals and societies to overcome ingrained human ...
Environment
Jan 16, 2020
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In October this year, weather researchers in Utah measured the lowest temperature ever recorded in the month of October in the U.S. (excluding Alaska): -37.1 degrees C. The previous low-temperature record for October was ...
Environment
Jan 3, 2020
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A team of scientists from the Research Center "Fundamental Problems of Thermophysics and Mechanics," of Samara Polytech is engaged in the construction of new mathematical models and the search for methods for their study ...
General Physics
Dec 30, 2019
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