Category: News

  • An experiment in Portugal discovers a hormone that makes parents protective of their young

    An experiment in Portugal discovers a hormone that makes parents protective of their young

    Parents stop at nothing to protect their babies, even in the presence of looming danger. But why is this so? According to some neuroscientists from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon, Portugal, the driving force behind such drastic behavioral change is the love hormone known as oxytocin, located on the neurons of the…

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  • Say hello to smaller electronic devices soon as researchers create extremely thin electrically conducting sheets

    Say hello to smaller electronic devices soon as researchers create extremely thin electrically conducting sheets

    Physicists Dr. Raymond McQuaid, Dr Amit Kumar, and Professor Marty Gregg from Queen’s University’s School of Mathematics and Physics have recently created extremely thin electrically conducting sheets that could transform tiny electronic devices which can control everything—from medical technology to banking and to smartphones. These rare 2D sheets, called as domain walls that exist in…

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  • Learning facility opens at Taguig City jail in PH

    Learning facility opens at Taguig City jail in PH

    Even those who are in jail deserve the right to have good education. That is why the local government of Taguig in the Philippines has put up an Alternative Learning System and Skills Training facility, a two-storey structure that is the product of a concerted effort between the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and…

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  • Male Malaysian farmers most at risk of getting ‘monkey malaria’

    Male Malaysian farmers most at risk of getting ‘monkey malaria’

    A new study found male Malaysian farmers were more likely to get ‘monkey malaria,’ than other members of their community. According to the study, the farmers who clear vegetation and do forestry work in the Sabah region were most at risk of getting this infection, Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), commonly found only in monkeys. The…

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  • SEL program teaches more than life skills

    SEL program teaches more than life skills

    Success is not just about having the skills. According to a research at the University of Texas at Austin, school programs should be designed not just to teach children and adolescents life skills but also to help them understand and manage emotions, and improve relationship and academic goals. Neuroscientists believe that equally vital to academic…

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  • Australia seeks to grow shipbuilding industry

    Australia seeks to grow shipbuilding industry

    The Naval Shipbuilding College based in Adelaide, Australia plans to grow its shipbuilding industry by providing opportunities for education and training providers across the country. Hon Christopher Pyne MP, Minister for Defence Industry, who welcomed the proposal in Canberra, said that the first phase – which would cost about $25 million – is very much…

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  • International community must ensure ‘endemic’ impunity in DR Congo brought to an end – UN rights chief

    International community must ensure ‘endemic’ impunity in DR Congo brought to an end – UN rights chief

    Voicing concern over lack of progress on the part of Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to undertake credible investigations into widespread allegations of rights violations and abuses in the Kasai Central and Kasai Oriental provinces, the top United Nations human rights official today called for setting up of an international investigation…

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  • Climate change most likely to result in food scarcity and violence in weak governments

    Climate change most likely to result in food scarcity and violence in weak governments

    It’s anticipated that climate change may lead to more violence related to food scarcity, but the government has a vital role to play in preventing such uprisings, said a political science associate professor who co-authored the first ever study on these combined risk factors from weather changes. “A capable government is even more important to…

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  • Why H-1B visa holders are important to US economy

    Why H-1B visa holders are important to US economy

    H-1B visa holders are deemed to strengthen the U.S. economy, after researchers found that these passport holders can contribute much to the lifespan and growth of an organization. The new study, “Are Immigrants Complements or Substitutes? Evidence from the Audit Industry” in the INFORMS journal Management Science, explored how companies hire their employees, especially the U.S.…

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  • Canada invests $744,000 in research projects in response to a rapidly changing world

    Canada invests $744,000 in research projects in response to a rapidly changing world

    With a rapidly changing world, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, has decided to invest in research and technological innovations worth $744,000 backed by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). “Canadian social sciences and humanities researchers play a vital role in identifying, anticipating and preparing for global changes in our culture, politics, economy…

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  • New tool can detect fake profiles online

    New tool can detect fake profiles online

    A group of computer scientists was able to develop a tool that can easily detect people who create fake profiles online, such as providing the wrong gender or age, which can bring about positive benefits to ensuring the safety of social networking sites. The University of Edinburgh scientists trained computer models to recognize social media…

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  • German troops withdraw at air base in Turkey

    German troops withdraw at air base in Turkey

    Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Sigmar Gabriel has decided to withdraw the Bundeswehr troops at Incirlik Air Base, after an agreement on the right of German parliamentarians to visit said troops hasn’t been reached due to Turkey’s domestic policy reasons. Under German law, this is inconceivable because the Bundeswehr forces are a parliamentary army controlled…

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