Plants ‘remember’ drought as part of survival
March 16th, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 16 (IANS) Plants which experience drought learn to handle them better the next time, thanks to their memories of the event.
The new research also confirms the scientific ... Read more...
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Is nature being edged out of children’s books?
February 23rd, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) Our growing isolation from nature is edging out forests and wild animals from award-winning children's picture books.
A team led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociology professor ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Imagining positive co-workers improves performance
January 13th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 13 (IANS) People who conjure positive imaginary co-workers turn in better performance at workplace, above and beyond the call of duty, suggests a study.
The results showed that ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
New genetic links to impulsive behaviour found
November 17th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) Being impulsive can explain many things -- why we utter things we regret, buy items that we can do without or even develop dangerous addictions.
Indeed, ... Read more...
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Shoplifting is immoral but downloading music illegally is ok, say students
April 14th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 14 (ANI): A new study has found that college students view shoplifting as immoral, but are not exactly motivated to follow the laws governing digital music piracy.The finding underscores ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Turning chicken feathers into green plastic
April 3rd, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 3 (IANS) A breakthrough could turn millions of tonnes of waste chicken feathers into a perennial source of green, bio-degradable plastic.
"Others have tried to develop thermoplastics from ... Read more...
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Waste chicken feathers could be used to produce biodegradable plastics
April 3rd, 2011 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 3 (ANI): New research suggests that chicken feathers could be used to produce eco-friendly, biodegradable plastics.Scientists have described a key step toward using the billions of pounds of waste ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Here’s how the Arctic will look by the end of this century
March 4th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 4 (ANI): A new study has estimated climate change's impact on Arctic regions by 2099.A team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln and South Korean climatologists analyzed 16 global climate models from ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Here’s what your TV habits say about your fear of crime
February 9th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): What you watch on TV may say a lot about your fears and attitudes about crime, suggests a new study.The University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers surveyed hundreds of adults ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
A man’s stare causes women to score low on math!
January 30th, 2011 - 11:25 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 30 (ANI): A new study claims that getting stared at by a man causes a woman to score low in math problems."It creates this vicious cycle for women in which ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Conservatives and liberals ’see the world differently’
December 10th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): It's common that liberals and conservatives are poles apart. And now, a new study has given another point stating the difference between the two - researchers found that ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Confronting sexism may be ‘antidote’ for workplace distress
November 30th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): A new study has revealed that women who publicly confront instances of sexism in the workplace tend to feel more capable and competent in their jobs and about ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Bo Pelini apologizes for his blowup
November 23rd, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Nebraska, Nov 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Nebraska head coach, Bo Pelini’s attitude during Saturday night’s game has been highly criticized. Among the several people that criticized the move was the UNL Chancellor ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Students who think about future in high school attain higher education
November 3rd, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 03 (ANI): A recent study has concluded that students who have high aspirations and put thought into their futures during their high school years tend to reach higher levels of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Negative personality traits good for being a leader
October 20th, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 20 (ANI): A new study has suggested that when it comes to leading, some of the negative personality traits aren't such a bad thing.Researchers of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Weight-related bullying could change how schoolgoers perceive their bodies
September 8th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 8 (ANI): While bullying in schools can shatter a child's self-confidence, but a particular kind of bullying-related with weight-could actually have distinctive and significant effects on how pre-teens perceive their ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Generation X more loyal to religion than baby boomers
August 27th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): If you thought Generation X was only a rules-rejecting, authority-questioning group, then get a reality check-when it comes to religion, Gen-Xers are surprisingly loyal to their faith than ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Students transfer bad study habits from paper to computer, study shows
August 11th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 11 (ANI): Despite the prevalence of technology on campuses, a new study indicates that computers alone can't keep students from falling into their same weak study habits from their ink-and-paper ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Population based segregation of voters make them struggle at ballot box
August 7th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 7 (ANI): When a county's residents are carved into separate districts simply to maintain a numerical parity, many end up struggling at the ballot box, found a new US study.There ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Most high school students in US cheat during tests (Lead)
May 12th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 12 (IANS) Cheating during tests is widespread among high-school students in the US, says a study.
The study by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) gauged both the prevalence and perceptions of ... Read more...
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Most high-school students don’t see cheating as cheating
May 12th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 12 (ANI): A new study on academic honesty has found that most high-school students do not consider certain types of cheating as being out of line.The study by the University ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Most high school students resort to cheating
May 12th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 12 (IANS) Most high-school students admitted cheating during tests and, in some cases, considered it normal.
The study by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) gauged both the prevalence and perceptions of ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
One in four women ambivalent about pregnancy
May 7th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 7 (IANS) A widely held assumption was that women of childbearing age fell neatly into two camps: those trying to have children and those not trying to have children. A ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
1 in 4 women have mixed feelings towards pregnancy
May 7th, 2010 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 7 (ANI): A new study has suggested that contrary to the belief that women of childbearing age fall into two categories: those trying and not trying to have children, a ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Legal and institutional issues linked to asteroid threats to Earth
March 13th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 13 (ANI): The Secure World Foundation (SWF) has released the findings of a group of international experts that examines the legal and institutional issues linked to potential future threats posed ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Novelty may help trump the power of addictive drugs
February 2nd, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): A new study has shown that the trying something new and innovative activities may help trump the power of addictive drugs.The researchers found that novelty drew cocaine-treated rats ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Algae and pollen grains reveal sudden spike in Antarctica’s temperature 15.7 mln yrs ago
October 1st, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 1 (ANI): A team of scientists has found evidence in the form of algae and pollen grains of a sudden, remarkably warm period in Antarctica that occurred about 15.7 million ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
How plants use nitrogen to invade and take over native plants
July 7th, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 7 (ANI): A research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), US, gives important new information on how plants can change "nitrogen cycling" to gain nitrogen and how this allows plant ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
3-D, real-time X-ray images could be closer to reality
June 16th, 2009 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 16 (ANI): If a new research is anything to go by, then three-dimensional, real-time X-ray images of patients could be closer to reality.The research was done by scientists at the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Bird flu virus can survive in buried birds’ carcasses for 2yrs
June 12th, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 12 (ANI): Bird flu virus can survive for up to two years in the carcasses of buried birds, according to a new study.Dr. Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, an environmental engineer at ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Self-cleaning walls and water-striding robots come closer to reality
May 5th, 2009 - 11:36 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 5 (ANI): What if scientists create self-cleaning walls and fabrics or even micro-scale robots that can walk on water? Well, researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Japan's RIKEN institute ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Our eyes seek new targets while searching for something
April 15th, 2009 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 15 (ANI): People's attention does not return time and again to the objects they have already seen while searching for something, but they tend to shift their eyes to previously ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘Don’t worry about more lethal version of terror bomb’
March 25th, 2009 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 25 (IANS) Scientists allayed fears that terrorists could produce a new and more destructive version of an explosive used by 'shoe bomber' Richard Reid in 2001 and Palestinian Intifada.
Gerard Harbison, ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
New form of destructive terrorist material unlikely
March 25th, 2009 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 25 (ANI): Scientists have determined that it is highly unlikely that terrorists could produce a new and particularly dangerous form of the explosive responsible for airport security screening of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chemical isotope analysis reconstructs last months of cougars life
August 11th, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 11 (ANI): A new study has enabled to reconstruct the last months of a cougars life by analyzing the chemical isotopes in its claw, a technique that could help ... Read more...
Posted in National |