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Social Sciences

T’is The Season To Be Jolly?

Focusing on the role of marketing practices in shaping young people’s attitudes to alcohol consumption, the research included analysis of 216 alcohol adverts,…

Earth Sciences

CAT Scan Unveils Volcano Island’s Hidden Magma Dynamics

“Using land-based measurement, we can see that over the time periods when the magma is erupting, the ground surface deflates into a bowl of subsidence and when…

Earth Sciences

Discover Unusual Microbial Ropes in Sulfur Caves

“Sulfur caves are a microbiology paradise. Many different types of organisms live in the caves and use the sulfur,” says Jennifer L. Macalady, assistant…

Earth Sciences

Predicting Tropical Cyclone Lifecycles with Advanced NICAM Model

The model, called the Nonhydrostatic ICosahedral Atmospheric Model (NICAM), was developed for the supercomputer Earth Simulator at JAMSTEC. Given the…

Environmental Conservation

New Method Assesses Environmental Risks of Polluting Ponds

In Spain, 20% of the earth or concrete ponds used to store lixiviates are close to a river. This represents a significant environmental risk if the pond is…

Science Education

IRB Barcelona Leads Two New European Biomedicine Projects

This concession makes IRB Barcelona a leader in European projects in Spain, together with the Spanish National Research Council. In all, Spanish centres will…

Physics & Astronomy

Discover How Early Galaxies Formed in the Universe

The Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS) aims to chart the distribution of stars and black holes from when the Universe was less than a…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Boosting Ruminant Health with Olive By-Products: A Study

Olive leaves provide half of the energy and amino acid requirements of sheep and goats at maintenance level and, if adequately supplemented, can be used as…

Physics & Astronomy

CoRoT Discovers Young Star Similar to Early Sun

This star is accompanied by a giant planet orbiting around it in only 1.7 days, that was discovered by the CoRoT Extrasolar Planet Team. An investigation on…

Social Sciences

Bridging The Pay Gap: Addressing Equality Across All Strands

But what about pay gaps right across the so-called equality strands of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or faith and sexual orientation? For the…

Science Education

New Centre Launches to Advance UK Synthetic Biology Research

The new centre will focus on synthetic biology. This is a field in which engineers work with molecular bioscientists to produce biologically-based parts, by…

Environmental Conservation

Protea plants help unlock secrets of species 'hotspots'

Proteas are best known as the national symbol of South Africa. The international team behind today's new study created an evolutionary 'family tree' of all…

Life & Chemistry

Decoding Bird Songs: Insights into Avian Communication

Birds use song systems to communicate about mating and reproduction, territorial boundaries, age and even overall health. Vehrencamp, with colleagues in the…

Physics & Astronomy

PS3 Clusters Aid Astrophysicists in Black Hole Research

It may be the first time this kind of research has been conducted exclusively on a PS3 cluster: A related 2007 UMass Dartmouth/UAHuntsville project using a…

Life & Chemistry

Small Molecule Activates Bacterial Community Formation

While bacterial cells tend to be rather solitary individuals, they are also known to form intricately structured communities called biofilms. But until now, no…

Life & Chemistry

Ancient African Exodus: Geneticists Uncover Gender Imbalance

Now, researchers have revealed that men and women weren’t equal partners in that exodus. By tracing variations in the X chromosome and in the non-sex…

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