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Fear Of Crime Or Anxiety About A Rapidly Changing Society?

Research, funded by the Economic & Social Research Council, shows that our everyday concerns about crime in England & Wales are much less frequent than…

Environmental Conservation

White-handed gibbons extinct in China

A scientific team, consisting of members of the Gibbon Conservation Alliance based at Zurich University and the Kunming Institute of Zoology, as well as staff…

Information Technology

Turning conventional video coding wisdom on its head

An alternative put forward by European researchers turns the traditional video coding paradigm on its head.Since digital television services began, there has…

Studies and Analyses

Genetic loci assigned for musical aptitude in Finnish families

Molecular and statistical genetic studies in 15 Finnish families have shown that there is a substantial genetic component in musical aptitude. Musical aptitude…

Earth Sciences

Scientists identified earthquake faults in Sichuan, China

An international team of scientists including Dr. Alexander Densmore (Institute of Hazard and Risk Research, Durham University), Dr. Mike Ellis (Head of…

Information Technology

From a set of formulas to visible changes in liver cancer

Systems Biology is a young field with the overall aim of creating a holistic picture of dynamic life processes with regard to all levels – from the genome via…

Social Sciences

Rules of the game­ the unwritten rules of the bar pick-up

Flirting and picking up dates at bars is a perennially topical subject. For men, the subject of picking up women is a kind of lowest common denominator. In…

Life & Chemistry

Sulfur in marine archaeological shipwrecks – the “hull story” gives a sour aftertaste

Contact with oxygen, in conjunction with the high humidity of the museum environment, causes these contaminants to produce sulfuric acid, according to a new…

Environmental Conservation

Évolution of greenhouse gases over the last 800,000 years

For the first time, they have reconstituted tthe evolution, over 800,000 years, of levels of carbon dioxide and methane, the two main greenhouse gases after…

Studies and Analyses

HIV Infection Linked to Few Viruses: Insights for Vaccine Development

The finding provides important clues in the ongoing search for an effective HIV/AIDS vaccine, said researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham…

Life & Chemistry

Dismantling Alzheimer’s Disease: Small Molecule Can Take Apart Disease-Associated Protein Fibers

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown, in unprecedented detail, how a small molecule is able to selectively take apart…

Studies and Analyses

Defining Fatigue: Insights from New UT Health Study

In an effort to better define and ultimately address fatigue more effectively, a qualitative study from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center…

Environmental Conservation

First Steps Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 15% in Eugene

That remarkable reduction, said Sarah Mazze, the program's director, represents a 15-percent reduction from the carbon footprint of a typical Eugene resident….

Information Technology

Jaguar Upgrade Advances ORNL’s Petascale Computing Journey

The system recently completed acceptance testing, running applications in climate science, quantum chemistry, combustion science, materials science,…

Studies and Analyses

Crystal (Eye) Ball: Study Says Visual System Equipped With “Future Seeing Powers”

Catching a football. Maneuvering through a room full of people. Jumping out of the way when a golfer yells “fore.” Most would agree these seemingly simple…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Reveals Key Proteins for Mammalian Heart Development

The absence of two proteins in mammalian embryos prevents the development of a healthy heart, a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin,…

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