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Cyberbullying – a growing problem

'This type of bullying can be more serious than conventional bullying. At least with conventional bullying the victim is left alone on evenings and weekends',…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Improving Energy Savings Metrics for Better Decisions

A Michigan State University professor says if the world is to make better decisions when it comes to developing new energy sources, it needs to have better…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Biotech, Nanotech, and Synthetic Biology: Future Food Solutions

Some say the world's population will swell to 9 billion people by 2030 and that will present significant challenges for agriculture to provide enough food to…

Science Education

Stay Updated: Navigating Today’s Specialized Work Landscape

The high degree of specialisation in today's work life demands that many occupational groups stay updated on new developments in their fields. In the research…

Studies and Analyses

Why Malaria Research Needs an African Focus

Gunilla Priebe has studied the international research alliance the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM), which advocates for malaria research in general…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Plaice: Skin Patterns and Their Functions

Many species of animal have skin or fur with intricate pigmentation patterns, which they use for camouflage, communication, regulation of body heat and…

Studies and Analyses

Open vs. Laparoscopic Prostate Surgery: Key Outcome Insights

Of the 200,000 men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in the United States, about one-third will undergo surgical treatment. Although open radical…

Studies and Analyses

Testosterone deficiency affects male cancer survivors' quality of life

Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that young male cancer survivors with testosterone…

Studies and Analyses

African-Americans' attitudes about lung cancer may hinder prevention

These attitudes among blacks may help explain the puzzling racial disparities in lung cancer treatment outcomes that have been documented over the past 25…

Event News

UC San Diego Researchers Participating in ‘Olympics of Science Conferences’ Feb. 18-22 in San Diego

The AAAS meeting, America’s largest annual general scientific conference, is expected to draw as many as 8,000 attendees from 50 countries. The theme of this…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Fungal Fumes Clear Out Crop Pests

The scientists–at ARS laboratories in Aberdeen, Idaho; Wapato, Wash., and other locations–conducted separate studies of Muscodor. However, their goal was the…

Materials Sciences

USM produces new composite from polystyrene

Polystyrene is regarded as one of the materials that is hazardous to the environment as it needs more than 100 years to degrade into the ground. In fact,…

Physics & Astronomy

Nano-aquarium opens up a new realm of research into microorganisms

Microalgae are photosynthetic organisms that appeared on Earth more than three billion years ago. Diatoms, Euglena and other members of this family typically…

Life & Chemistry

Finding the right combination

Diversity may be the spice of life, but it’s also the key to an effective immune system, as B lymphocytes rely on extensive recombination to shuffle their…

Life & Chemistry

More bang for your bond

Organic compounds containing double or triple bonds can pack a powerful punch. By sharing electrons between atoms through a process called pi conjugation,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Philippines Triples Rice Yield: A New Era in Agriculture

Despite being criticized as a poor rice producer because of its status as the world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines has actually done remarkably well…

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