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Marital Separations: A Viable Alternative to Divorce?

Researchers found that about 80 percent of all respondents who went through a marital separation ultimately divorced, most within three years.About five…

Life & Chemistry

Chemistry Embraces Genetics: Unlocking Nature’s Complex Code

Nature proves every day that it is both complex and efficient. Organic chemists are envious of it; their conventional tools confine them to simpler…

Environmental Conservation

Enhancing Water Quality to Protect Coral Reefs

Corals are made up of many polyps that jointly form a layer of living tissue covering the calcareous skeletons. They depend on single-celled algae called…

Life & Chemistry

Artificial intelligence helps detect subtle differences in mutant worms

Research into the genetic factors behind certain disease mechanisms, illness progression and response to new drugs is frequently carried out using tiny…

Studies and Analyses

Middle-Class Kids: Learning Problem-Solving Skills Early

Working-class parents, she found, coached their children on how to avoid problems, often through finding a solution on their own and by being polite and…

Physics & Astronomy

New Material Promises Dissipationless Electronics Breakthrough

A team of researchers at RIKEN and the University of Tokyo has demonstrated a new material that promises to eliminate loss in electrical power transmission….

Life & Chemistry

Aposematism in Wasps: Nature’s Warning Sign Explained

Aposematism is used by many different animals to warn potential predators that they are poisonous. Usually this takes the form of distinctive colouration or…

Environmental Conservation

Massachusetts Butterflies Shift North Due to Climate Change

The authors of a Harvard study published today in Nature Climate Change gathered their data from an unlikely source—the trip accounts of the Massachusetts…

Physics & Astronomy

UCSB researchers demonstrate that 15=3×5 about half of the time

Now, a group of researchers at UC Santa Barbara has designed and fabricated a quantum processor capable of factoring a composite number — in this case the…

Social Sciences

New Research Highlights Health Benefits for Working Moms

Working moms striving to “have it all” now can add another perk to their list of benefits — health. New research from University of Akron Assistant Sociology…

Studies and Analyses

Binge Drinking College Students Report Higher Happiness Levels

“Binge drinking is a symbolic proxy for high status in college,” said Carolyn L. Hsu, co-author of the study and an associate professor of sociology at Colgate…

Health & Medicine

Secondhand Smoke Weakens Cough Reflex in Children

New research from the Monell Center reveals that exposure to secondhand smoke decreases sensitivity to cough-eliciting respiratory irritants in otherwise…

Event News

Smart Systems Summit: Explore Innovations in Paris

It aims at identifying new business and technological opportunities, finding suitable funding and best partners for transnational projects and for getting…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Uncover How Poxviruses Such as Smallpox Evolve Rapidly — Despite Low Mutation Rates

While smallpox was considered officially eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1980, concerns about its use as a bioterrorism agent – and the finding…

Life & Chemistry

Ultrasensitive Protein Detection with Photonic-Plasmonic Microcavity

Label free optical biosensors enable the monitoring of biomolecules and their interactions in often highly sensitive diagnostic assays. Several methods have…

Earth Sciences

Tibetan Plateau’s Age Surprises Scientists: New Findings Revealed

The Indian tectonic plate began its collision with Asia between 55 and 50 million years ago, but “significant topographic relief existed adjacent to the…

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