Weedy plants, many introduced to the U.S. for sale through plant nurseries, are responsible for extensive environmental damage and economic costs. Although legislation restricts the introduction of certain species, the procedures ...
Ecology
Jun 28, 2012
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Managers encouraging employees to be more proactive and flexible do make gains in performance and productivity. But this is at the expense of employee job satisfaction, according to the latest research in the journal Human ...
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2012
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Most proteins have multiple moving parts that rearrange into different conformations to execute particular functions. Such changes may be induced by molecules in the immediate environment, including water and similar solvents ...
General Physics
Jan 6, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Based on the statistical analysis of 20 rock-falls in the Alps and the seismic signals recorded at the same time, ETH Zurich scientists have developed a new method allowing the volume and extent of a rock-fall ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 7, 2011
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Scientists have increased the estimate on the number of humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean in a paper published in the journal Marine Mammal Science. The increase follows a refined statistical analysis of data compiled ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2011
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New research to be published Oct. 13 confirms The Beatles' lyrical hypothesis and finds that "the kind of thing that money just can't buy" is a happy and stable marriage.
Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2011
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Findings that showed faster-than-light travel were released to the public too soon.
General Physics
Oct 10, 2011
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Scientists have uncovered specific facial characteristics which make MPs look like they belong to one of the two major political parties in Britain.
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2011
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As if President Barack Obama doesn't already have enough to worry about, a statistical analysis of presidential ranking surveys suggests that he is likely to be viewed as an "average" president by expert evaluators if he ...
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2011
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Right-to-work laws not only hurt labor unions financially, they also may jeopardize worker safety, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Economics & Business
Apr 8, 2011
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