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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:40:20 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Squirrels Show Softer Side by Adopting Orphans, Study Finds
Squirrels Show Softer Side by Adopting Orphans, Study Finds
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:25:00 -0500
Squirrels will take in orphaned
pups if the babies are closely related to the adoptive mother, according to new University of Guelph research. Although adoptions occur among species that live in extended family groups, it's much less common among asocial animals, such as squirrels, who are territorial, live alone and rarely interact with one another. The study also shows squirrels are able to asses which pups they are related to before determining whether to adopt.
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University of Guelph
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:40:20 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: UCLA Stem Cell Researchers Uncover Previously Unknown Patterns in DNA Methylation
UCLA Stem Cell Researchers Uncover Previously Unknown Patterns in DNA Methylation
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:25:00 -0500
A previously unknown pattern
in DNA methylation--an event that affects cell function by altering gene _expression_--has been uncovered for the first time by stem cell researchers at UCLA, a finding that could have implications in preventing some cancers and correcting defects in human stem cell lines.
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:40:20 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Age Gap Really Does Matter
Age Gap Really Does Matter
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:26:00 -0500
A Northwestern University study of mentor-protégé relationships has found that the
generation gap is real and it matters. The researchers analyzed a "family tree" of mathematicians and the doctoral students they advised and found very successful academics do a good job mentoring students during the first third of their careers, but they do a bad job during the last third of their careers.
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Northwestern University
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:40:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Sociological Study Reflects High Financial Malfeasance Rates in Largest U.S. Corporations
Sociological Study Reflects High Financial Malfeasance Rates in Largest U.S. Corporations
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:26:00 -0500
The need to
"fix" or restate financial statements is an admission by corporate management that these reports (prior to their being corrected) to the government and the investing public misrepresented the corporations' financial positions, Texas A&M University sociology professor Harland Prechel reports in a research paper published in the June 2010 issue of the American Sociological Review.
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American Sociological Association
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:40:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Flow in Earth's Mantle Moves Mountains
Flow in Earth's Mantle Moves Mountains
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:26:00 -0500
A study published in Nature suggests
that some mountains in "mobile belts"--regions of crustal fragments, such as in the Mediterranean, the Rockies and the Himalayas--can rise due to upward pressure from the semi-liquid mantle. The study proposes a model for predicting uplift and likely volcanic hotspots in such regions.
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University of Southern California
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:03:47 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs
Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:05:04 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:05:45 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Stretching Molecules Yields New Understanding of Electricity
Stretching Molecules Yields New Understanding of Electricity
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:00:00 -0500
Cornell University researchers recently stretched individual molecules and watched electrons flow through them, proving that single-molecule devices can be used as powerful new tools for nanoscale science experiments.
The finding, reported in the June 11 issue of the journal Science, probes the effects of strong electron interactions that can be important when shrinking electronics to their ultimate small size limit--single-molecule devices. The work resulted in the first ...
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