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Evangelical community people have conflicting views about homosexuality

Tolerance toward gays and lesbians is growing within the evangelical community - long a stronghold against homosexuality - with many expressing ambivalent views about the issue, according to a Baylor University study.

13 Aug 2013

Montreal Protocol not only reverses ozone losses but also protects earth’s hydroclimate

The global treaty that headed off destruction of earth's protective ozone layer has also prevented major disruption of global rainfall patterns, even though that was not a motivation for the treaty, according to a new study in the Journal of Climate.

7 Aug 2013

GSTS Pathology celebrate success of Innovation Academy event

GSTS Pathology recently hosted their first Innovation Academy event in London (28 June 2013). This inaugural scientific symposium welcomed over 100 attendees, offering participants great networking opportunities and the chance to hear presentations from a group of GSTS experts. Discussions were focused into four tracks: Child Health, Keeping People Healthy, Infectious Diseases, and Next Generation Diagnostics. On show was the innovative approach to laboratory medicine that can be found throughout the GSTS Pathology organisation.

6 Aug 2013

AT&T awards grants to Rowan University for strengthening STEM education

Recognizing the importance of strengthening science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, AT&T has contributed $50,000 to Rowan University's Junior Aim High Academy initiative.

2 Aug 2013

Keele University School to host 5th Annual Meeting of Alcohol Hangover Research Group

Keele University School of Psychology in the UK will host the 5th Annual Meeting of the Alcohol Hangover Research Group, Thu 1st - Fri 2nd August 2013.

30 Jul 2013

Elsevier announces winner of first Netter Atlas Medical Illustration Contest

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the winner of the first Netter Atlas Medical Illustration Contest.

26 Jul 2013

Researchers use peels of apples and tomatoes to purify water

One of the most crucial problems affecting the world today is the scarcity of potable water. In a bid to make clean water available at low cost, Mr Ramakrishna Mallampati, a PhD candidate at the National University of Singapore, experimented with water treatment techniques using materials that are easily available, and came up with novel ways to purify water using the peels of apples and tomatoes.

22 Jul 2013

Elsevier to sponsor 2013 Library Connect Charleston Conference Award

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced it will sponsor the 2nd annual Elsevier Library Connect Charleston Conference Award for first time presenters participating in the 33rd Annual Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition, November 6-9, 2013.

15 Jul 2013

Study shows foreign fruit has higher content of pesticides than Danish fruit

Foreign fruit generally has a higher content of pesticides than Danish fruit, and fruit has a higher content of pesticides than vegetables. Danes' intake of pesticide residues appears to be on a par with the latest monitoring from 2003.

15 Jul 2013

Vivergo opens UK's largest bioethanol plant based on Praj technology and design

Vivergo Fuels Ltd officially opens the UK's largest bioethanol plant based on Praj technology and design. Praj is a global process engineering and solutions provider for bioethanol, alcohol & brewery, water & wastewater and process equipment.

9 Jul 2013

New urban developments in Sydney prone to greatest temperature increases

Green spaces, trees and bodies of water are must-have design features for future development in Sydney's suburbs after researchers found that by 2050 global warming combined with Sydney's urban heat island effect could increase temperatures by up to 3.7-C.

9 Jul 2013

New book reveals the ambivalence that still exists toward same-sex marriage

Few issues in American society have provoked such polarized -- and heated -- responses as same-sex marriage. What may come as a surprise, however, is how polarizing the right to marry has been within the gay and lesbian community.

5 Jul 2013

Accounting professor receives President's Outstanding Teaching Award from UT Dallas

Dr. Rebecca Files has faced some tough crowds in her accounting classes. Some students arrive expecting a dull semester, the assistant professor said. But Files sees that as a challenge.

2 Jul 2013

Transformational leadership style associated with increased well-being among employees

A transformational leadership style—valued for stimulating innovation and worker performance—is also associated with increased well-being among employees, reports a study in the July Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

2 Jul 2013

Research: Clean water and cattle grazing can coexist on national forest lands

Cattle grazing and clean water can coexist on national forest lands, according to research by the University of California, Davis.

30 Jun 2013

Mary Ann Liebert announces launch of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing journal

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the launch of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, a highly innovative, peer-reviewed journal on this rapidly growing disruptive technology.

29 Jun 2013

Scientists compare DNA sequences, genes of domestic and wild tomatoes

You say tomato, I say comparative transcriptomics. Researchers in the U.S., Europe and Japan have produced the first comparison of both the DNA sequences and which genes are active, or being transcribed, between the domestic tomato and its wild cousins.

27 Jun 2013

Researchers identify factors influencing E. coli contamination of spinach prior to harvest

A team of researchers from Texas and Colorado has identified a variety of factors that influence the likelihood of E. coli contamination of spinach on farms prior to harvest. Their research is published in the July 2013 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

21 Jun 2013

Researchers shed light on how rice blast fungus invades plant tissue

Like a stealthy enemy, blast disease invades rice crops around the world, killing plants and cutting production of one of the most important global food sources.

19 Jun 2013

National Research Council proposes priorities for research on gun-related violence in US

A new report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council proposes priorities for a research agenda to improve understanding of the public health aspects of gun-related violence, including its causes, health burden, and possible interventions.

7 Jun 2013