#Sexist views on education within families affect future academic choices

“#Sexist views on education within families affect future academic choices” Credit: CC0 Public Domain According to senior researcher at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya’s Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) Gender and ICT (GenTIC) research group, Milagros Sáinz, “In those cases where families have very sexist attitudes in relation to education and life, their opinions in terms…

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#Pantera leo’s family tree takes shape

“#Pantera leo’s family tree takes shape” Historically the maximum prevalence of lion caves. (P. leo spelaea), the American lion (P. leo atrox) and todays lions P. leo leo. Credit: Mitogenomics of the Extinct Cave Lion. http://doi.org/10.5334/oq.24 As the “king of beasts,” majestic lions have been used as a symbol of courage, nobility and strength by…

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#Function-based sequencing technique permits analysis of just a single bacteria cell

“#Function-based sequencing technique permits analysis of just a single bacteria cell” Design of the RAGE chip. Credit: by Xu Teng A new function-based sequencing technique using optical tweezers and taking advantage of the properties of gravity is letting researchers analyze bacteria cells one by one. The study, conducted by researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy…

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#The millenial pre-colonial cultural inluence is evident in the Amazon forest

“#The millenial pre-colonial cultural inluence is evident in the Amazon forest” Aerial view of a main research site called Tequinho. Credit: Martti Pärssinen More than ten years ago, large geometric earthworks found in the southwestern parts of the Amazon, called geoglyphs, were reported in the global scientific news. A pre-colonial civilization unknown to scholars that…

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#Tsunamis pose significant hazard to the south eastern and western coasts of Ireland, new study suggests

“#Tsunamis pose significant hazard to the south eastern and western coasts of Ireland, new study suggests” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Tsunamis pose a significant hazard to the south eastern and western coasts of Ireland, according to wave experts at University College Dublin and Geological Survey Ireland. The researchers, led by Professor Frédéric Dias of the…

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#Chemistry paves the way for improved electronic materials

“#Chemistry paves the way for improved electronic materials” A thin layer of indium nitride on silicon carbide, created using the molecule developed by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden. Credit: Magnus Johansson/Linköping University Indium nitride is a promising material for use in electronics, but difficult to manufacture. Scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a new…

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#No leg to stand on for Australia’s flamingos

“#No leg to stand on for Australia’s flamingos” Flinders University vertebrate paleontologist Associate Professor Trevor Worthy with a fragment of a fossilized drumstick from another large extinct Australian bird, a stork (Ciconia nana), as well as an African flamingo leg bone. Credit: Flinders University The sweeping pink salt lakes across Australia’s interior are all that…

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