How African-American girls and women perceive physical fitness are addressed by scholar, with recommendations for…
Month: December 2013
Bullying in academia more prevalent than thought
Bullying isn’t only a problem that occurs in schools or online among young people. It…
Chemists use sugar-based gelators to solidify vegetable oils
Researchers have reported the successful transformation of vegetable oils to a semisolid form using low-calorie…
In addiction, meditation is helpful when coupled with drug, cognitive therapies
A treatment for addiction problems based on meditation-like techniques can be helpful as a supplement…
Mating is kiss of death for certain female worms
The presence of male sperm and seminal fluid causes female worms to shrivel and die…
Landscape architecture study places value on Klyde Warren Park, other urban spaces
A landscape architect has published three case studies for the 2013 Case Study Investigation Series…
Telecoupling science shows China’s forest sustainability packs global impact
As China increases its forests, a sustainability scholar proposes a new way to answer the…
Graphene sees the light: Sheets of carbon just one atom thick could be used in photovoltaic cells
Sheets of carbon just one atom thick could make effective transparent electrodes in certain types…
Graphene-based field-effect transistor with semiconducting nature opens up practical use in electronics
Scientists have announced a method for the mass production of boron/nitrogen co-doped graphene nanoplatelets, which…
Electron ‘antenna’ tunes in to physics beyond Higgs
In making the most precise measurements ever of the shape of electrons, a team of…