Frigate birds can stay aloft for months by hitching rides on massive drafts of wind that allow them to preserve energy while flying hundreds of miles a day or more, a study in the 1 July
issue of Science shows.
When polar bears» feeding opportunities decrease during the summer ice melt, the animals can reduce their energy expenditure a little, but not enough to make up for the food shortages, a study in the 17 July
issue of Science shows.
But now scientists in Switzerland have identified why all that fertilizer use is decreasing biodiversity more broadly: Fast - Growing Plants Overwhelm Grasslands The results of research done at the University of Zurich have been published in the latest
issue of Science show that, looking at grasslands, the main reason is that all those extra nutrients allow faster growing plants to overwhelm an area, blocking sunlight from reaching smaller, slower - growing plants.
Not exact matches
Juno found cyclones as big as 870 miles (1,400 km) in diameter swirling over Jupiter's north and south poles,
shows the research published in this week's
issue of the journal
Science.
As our review
of the CTS «
Science and Religion» pamphlet later in this
issue shows, we would have a different angle, particularly concerning the nature
of the renewed concept
of the «form» to which Fr Selman refers.
The future evolution
of religion (from latin and means «link together again») and
science will
show that these two will also come together as one and the same
issue.
The Relevance
of Cosmic Unity In the lead letter
of the same
issue of Philosophy Now the prominent anti-reductionist philosopher
of ethics and
of science Mary Midgely makes a point often made by Edward Holloway (though he might not have used the word «choice»), namely that «simple logic surely
shows that natural selection can not be the universal explanation because «selection» only makes sense a clearly specified range
of choices — an idea to which far too little attention has been given.»
Rather than make their case from scripture, the couple have approached the
issue from another angle, as DeVon explains: «There's a tremendous amount
of science and research been done to
show there's value in practising delayed gratification.
And
science shows eating these types
of foods definitively leads to major
issues down the road.
The robots, described in the April 18
issue of Science Robotics, also
showed human - like dexterity to construct the chair, suggesting that these manufacturing machines may soon be ready for use in a wider range
of applications, such as aircraft manufacturing, without needing special mechanical modifications or well - organized surroundings.
In lab tests, prototype multilayer lenses have
shown they can release ciprofloxacin (an antibiotic often used to treat eye and other infections) for up to 100 days, according to a study published in the July
issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual
Science by researchers from Children's Hospital Boston, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary's (MEEI) ophthalmology department, Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston, and the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology's (M.I.T.) chemical engineering department.
Through a wide variety
of projects, SRHRL has
shown its commitment to promoting high standards for the practice
of science and engineering, monitoring and enhancing assessment
of emerging ethical and legal
issues related to
science and technology, engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts, and furthering the use
of science and technology in support
of human rights.
Moreover, the entire article is gainsaid by a massive meta - analysis study by Northwestern University psychologist Michael Bailey and his colleagues published in the September
issue of the peer - reviewed journal Psychological
Science in the Public Interest,
showing that «there is considerably more evidence supporting nonsocial causes
of sexual orientation than social causes.»
In the face
of these challenges in public understanding, the new report released at the AAAS meeting
showed that 87 percent
of scientists say they should take an active role in public policy debates about
issues related to
science and technology.
The study does a «very nice job»
of using different approaches to
show that climate change is a dominant force, says Thomas Lovejoy, president
of the H. John Heinz III Center for
Science, Economics, and the Environment in Washington, D.C. «I think the single most important public policy [
issue] here is agreeing on what the limit should be on greenhouse gas concentration,» he says.
The work, reported in the 29 November
issue of Science,
shows for the first time that the bugs have a taste for hydrogen, and it suggests new ways to control the misery - inducing critters.
In this week's
issue of Science, a team led by Peres, now a wildlife biologist, has
shown it for the first time.
It illustrates the strength
of connection between political affiliation and opinion, and it
shows issues for which other factors — such as educational attainment, knowledge about
science, religious affiliation or demographic characteristics — are strongly tied to the public's views.
That's the conclusion
of a new study published in today's
issue of Science, * which
shows that worms with a metabolism - slowing genetic defect live 50 % longer lives than their bustling counterparts.
With so many different areas
of science and technology to choose from, Colan says the
show opted to create episodes around hot - button
issues including aviation, bionics and mobility and waste management as well as more obscure topics including regenerative medicine and brain - to - computer interfaces.
A new study from the Greer group — published in the September 18, 2015
issue of the journal
Science —
shows that inside each
of these clusters, on a scale
of about two to three atomic diameters, atoms have a predictable arrangement called a fractal.
In the October 24, 2017
issue of Science Signaling, they
showed that primary cilia act as a focal point to transmit growth signals.
The finding, reported in the March 19, 2014,
issue of the journal
Science Translational Medicine, helps explain why a combination
of two vaccines was able to
show some effect, when one vaccine alone did not.
In a report published in the Aug. 4
issue of Science Signaling, Lei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., and his colleagues
show that annexin A2 helps usher a protein called Sema3D out
of pancreatic cancer cells.
No one disputes that UC Berkeley's Jennifer Doudna, working with Emmanuelle Charpentier, then with Umeå University in Sweden, developed the key components
of the CRISPR technology — a bacterial enzyme that finds a targeted DNA sequence and cuts it — and first
showed in the 28 June 2012 online
issue of Science that it could edit DNA in prokaryotes.
On this week's
show: A special
issue on the role
of artificial intelligence in
science plus a roundup from the daily news site
For instance, when they added mosquito saliva containing sporozoites to cultured mouse liver cells, 10 % to 30 %
of the cells
showed signs
of punched membranes, the team reports in the 5 January
issue of Science.
The study provides fresh and generalizable evidence that «there is probably a serious problem with mental health in academia,» writes Frederik Anseel, a professor at King's College London who co-authored a study published last year
showing widespread risk
of mental health
issues among Ph.D. students in Belgium, in an email to
Science Careers.
All bird species
showed the same response, the team reports in the 23 December
issue of Science: the number
of fledglings per breeding pair started to decline when the abundance
of forage fish dropped below one - third
of the maximum observed amount.
Their report, which appears in the February 8
issue of Science,
shows that walkers can generate about five watts
of power without so much as breaking a sweat.
«These studies together
show that bacteria have clever antioxidant strategies to counter the oxidative damage generated by antibiotics,» notes James Collins, an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, who also co-authored an essay about the two new papers in the same
issue of Science.
The seahorse tail is square because this shape is better at resisting damage and at grasping than a circular tail would be, a new engineering study published in the 3 July
issue of the journal
Science shows.
Now that
issue has been put to rest: In last week's
issue of Science (13 December, pp. 2211 and 2213), researchers
showed that mice that lack melanopsin do not normally reset their circadian clocks in response to light, suggesting that melanopsin is capturing and relaying the light signal.
In the current
issue of Literary and Linguistic Computing, Michael Hilton, professor
of computer
science at the University
of South Carolina and David Holmes
of the University
of the West
of England, who is a specialist in the quantitative analysis
of language,
show that the «consistent habits» used by cusum can be overwhelmed by this noise.
Das said his research
shows the limitation
of modern
science to deeply delve into the
issue.
In research published in this week's
issue of the journal
Science, a team from Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research used common baker's yeast as a living test tube to
show how just a small amount
of a Parkinson's - related neuronal protein called alpha - synuclein (aSyn) can convince neighboring proteins to abandon their normal shape and form these deadly clusters.
In the September 29, 2000
issue of Science, researchers from the University
of Chicago
show that a little - known molecule called A20 plays a critical role in regulating inflammation.
The
science of sleep
shows that addressing sleep
issues can not only prevent a host
of illnesses before they become a problem, it can your quality
of life significantly today.
The first study (from the Jun 15, 2001
issue of Science)
showed that «synthetic vitamin C may contribute to the formation
of genotoxins that can lead to cancer».
An orange pigment that forms when avocado seed is crushed
shows potential as a food colorant, according to a study published in the November 2011
issue of the «Journal
of Food
Science.»
What the
science has
shown is that a balanced gut is tied to better health, and that a number
of digestive
issues are tied to not only an unbalanced gut, but specific types
of bacteria and fungi growing at unusually high or low levels in your gut.
A study on peer influence in ecommerce
shows a 60 % higher chance
of buying an online service if it's purchased by friends, according to research that appears in the current
issue of Management
Science, a publication
of the...
Here's what's new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video - on - demand, and other streaming services... Two acclaimed
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National Poll Finds Waning Support for Charter Schools (The Atlanta Journal Constitution) Charter Schools Take a Hit in Nationwide Poll (EdSource) Public Support for Charter Schools Plummets, Poll Finds (Education Week) Enthusiasm for Charter School Formation Takes Hit, New Poll Finds (The Christian
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Shows Sharp Decline in Support for Public Charter Schools Over Past Year (The 74) National Support for Charter Schools Has Dropped Sharply in Last Year (Chalkbeat) People Think Teachers Are Underpaid — Until You Tell Them How Much Teachers Earn (Time) Marty West co-authors the annual EducationNext survey
of American public opinion on timely education
issues such charter schools, higher education, and the impact
of the current administration, among others.
It's not just a problem for Kew — data
issued by the Australian Government (Office
of the Chief Scientist, 2016)
show, at a national level, student participation in most Year 12 maths and
science subjects is declining.
Amid reports that overweight pupils underperform academically — data obtained from at least six studies by Scottish PHD student Anne Martin
show that children who are obese at 11 achieve lower than average marks in maths,
science and English at 16 — and findings that there is a higher incidence
of serious childhood obesity in London than New York, figures like the London Health Commission's Lord Darzi are claiming that the
issue is «at breaking point.»
I don't know what to make
of a long - awaited report
issued Oct. 24, 2013 by the National Center
of Education Statistics
showing that most U.S. eighth grade students are not at the bottom
of the global barrel when it comes to math and
science.
In the latest example
of ideology trumping facts and
science, Greene's department
issued a challenge to a recent study by the Wisconsin Department
of Education
showing, once again, that the Milwaukee school voucher program is a failure, even for the main audience it claims to be serving by offering what conservatives call «choice.»
In fact, in the high peak
of science fiction magazines, there were often only one or two writers per
issue, even though the magazine
showed six or seven authors.
All
of them, in large part, because they have experience working with the actual dogs, and read the
science, and realize the aggession is not a breed - specific
issue - and the reality is that most dogs, regardless
of breed, do not
show aggressive behavior — and yet, some dogs,
of each breed, have.