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Type of alleged crime can increase jurors' confidence in guilt, finds new study

The more severe a crime, the more evidence you should have to prove someone did it. But a new Duke study, appearing Oct. 29 in Nature Human Behavior, has shown that the type of alleged crime can increase jurors' confidence in guilt.

30 Oct 2018

Roasted jackfruit seeds can replace cocoa to make cappuccino, study shows

Cappuccino made with jackfruit instead of cocoa powder. According to a new study, roasted jackfruit seeds can replace between 50% and 75% of the cocoa that is blended with milk and coffee to make cappuccino without impairing flavor or aroma.

26 Oct 2018

Alcohol changes the molecular basis of memory formation

A new study has shown how alcohol consumption fuels addiction by hijacking a conserved memory pathway in the brain and changing memory formation.

25 Oct 2018

Crowdfunding campaigns could be raising money for quackery

A research letter has shown that when well meaning and gullible individuals donate for crowdfunding campaigns to raise money for medical treatments, some of them may not be for the benefit of the patients. The money might be used for useless quack therapies which could sometimes be dangerous

25 Oct 2018

First-ever atlas of ungulate migration published

The first-ever atlas of ungulate migration was released this week, detailing the ecology and conservation of migratory big-game species including mule deer, elk and pronghorn in Wyoming, the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and adjacent Western states.

24 Oct 2018

Study: Investors have positive and causal effect on firms' environmental, social performance

Since institutional investors own the bulk of the world's equity capital, it is important to understand how they affect the behavior of the companies they invest in.

24 Oct 2018

New vaccine strategy shows promise to protect chickens against serious respiratory disease

A new vaccine strategy could offer protection to millions of chickens threatened by a serious respiratory disease, research shows.

23 Oct 2018

Cleaning up PFAS-contaminated wastewater with diamond technology

More than 1.5 million Michigan residents and potentially more than hundreds of sites nationwide ¬- and counting - have PFAS-tainted water. Michigan State University-Fraunhofer USA, Inc. Center for Coatings and Diamond Technologies (MSU-Fraunhofer) is developing a scalable treatment option for PFAS-contaminated wastewater.

10 Oct 2018

Aethon is expanding its line of autonomous mobile robots

Aethon is expanding its line of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and will unveil the newest TUG robot, the T4, at MOTEK 2018 in Stuttgart, Germany. Aethon can be found in Hall 7 at booth 7420.

5 Oct 2018

Notes and coins harbor life threatening bacteria, including MRSA and VRE

A new study has found that the cash and the coins that are in circulation are covered in over 19 types of bacteria that can be potentially deadly.

4 Oct 2018

New Prosperity Partnerships projects that link research with industry unveiled

Seven new Prosperity Partnerships projects that will build links between the UK's research base and leading industry partners such as AkzoNobel , AstraZeneca, Google, Rolls-Royce, Tata Steel, and Weir Group, plus small-to-medium enterprise, Oxford PV will be unveiled today by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) at Prince Philip House, Carlton Terrace, London.

27 Sep 2018

Planting trees may have significant impact in math achievement even in high-poverty schools

What if improving academic performance in some of the nation's most disadvantaged and lowest-achieving schools was as easy as planting trees in the schoolyard? It's not that simple, of course, but a new study from the University of Illinois suggests school greening could be part of the solution.

25 Sep 2018

QUT research blows the whistle on referee decisions

It's one of the hardest jobs in sport that every armchair fan thinks they can do better.

25 Sep 2018

Study reevaluates evidence of widespread violence in pre-Columbian Panama

Buried alive. Butchered. Decapitated. Hacked. Mutilated. Killed. Archaeologist Samuel K. Lothrop did not obfuscate when describing what he thought had happened to the 220 bodies his expedition excavated from Panama's Playa Venado site in 1951.

25 Sep 2018

Citation indices may indicate journal quality but its contribution to visibility remains uncertain

Citation indices, such as those developed by Clarivate Analytics for the Web of Science, aim to include high-quality global and regional journals across a wide range of scholarly fields, while expressly arguing that this significantly contributes to the visibility of both scholarly articles and the journals in which they appear.

24 Sep 2018

King's commemorates opening of new NMR facility with one-day symposium

On Tuesday 4 September the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance facility celebrated the refurbishment of their suite of spectrometers by hosting a one-day symposium.

24 Sep 2018

New study provides basis for Air Canada to change its facial hair policy for aircrew

A study conducted in Simon Fraser University's hypobaric chamber has sealed Air Canada's decision to allow pilots to sport facial hair.

24 Sep 2018

New study shows how Ethiopia has managed to achieve extraordinary progress

Ethiopia is one of the world's least developed states. Yet for the past two decades the country has been making extraordinary progress.

21 Sep 2018

Study findings may advance discussion of how to effectively curb human-wildlife conflict

A new Biotropica study examines mountain gorillas in Rwanda and their foraging for sodium-rich food in both national park areas and lands managed by local communities.

20 Sep 2018

Demographers create detailed color map of population aging in Europe

Demographers from the Higher School of Economics and the University of Southern Denmark have created a detailed color map of population aging in European countries; a collection of demographic stories, it uses color coding to indicate the varying stages of population aging across Europe.

20 Sep 2018

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Type of alleged crime can increase jurors' confidence in guilt, finds new study

Roasted jackfruit seeds can replace cocoa to make cappuccino, study shows

Alcohol changes the molecular basis of memory formation

Crowdfunding campaigns could be raising money for quackery

First-ever atlas of ungulate migration published

Study: Investors have positive and causal effect on firms' environmental, social performance

New vaccine strategy shows promise to protect chickens against serious respiratory disease

Cleaning up PFAS-contaminated wastewater with diamond technology

Aethon is expanding its line of autonomous mobile robots

Notes and coins harbor life threatening bacteria, including MRSA and VRE

New Prosperity Partnerships projects that link research with industry unveiled

Planting trees may have significant impact in math achievement even in high-poverty schools

QUT research blows the whistle on referee decisions

Study reevaluates evidence of widespread violence in pre-Columbian Panama

Citation indices may indicate journal quality but its contribution to visibility remains uncertain

King's commemorates opening of new NMR facility with one-day symposium

New study provides basis for Air Canada to change its facial hair policy for aircrew

New study shows how Ethiopia has managed to achieve extraordinary progress

Study findings may advance discussion of how to effectively curb human-wildlife conflict

Demographers create detailed color map of population aging in Europe

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