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Visitors and Residents: Students' Attitudes to Academic Use of Social Media
April 29, 2013 — Research has shown that university students behave very differently when using social media as part of their academic ... > full story -
Boosting the Powers of Genomic Science
April 25, 2013 — Scientists describe novel statistical models that more broadly and deeply identify associations between bits of sequenced DNA called single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs and say lead to a more ... > full story -
What Drives Activity on Pinterest?
April 23, 2013 — Researchers have released a new study that uses statistical data to help understand the motivations behind Pinterest activity, the roles gender plays among users and the factors that distinguish ... > full story -
Precision Agriculture Improves Farming Efficiency, Has Important Implications on Food Security
April 23, 2013 — Precision agriculture promises to make farming more efficient and should have an important impact on the serious issue of food security, according to a new study. A scientist assesses how there is ... > full story -
Less Rainfall Expected for the Hawaiian Islands
April 23, 2013 — Almost imperceptibly, rainfall over the Hawaiian Islands has been declining since 1978, and this trend is likely to continue with global warming to the end of this century, according to ... > full story -
Sporting Events: Clear Your Memory to Pick a Winner
April 22, 2013 — Predicting the winner of a sporting event with accuracy close to that of a statistical computer program could be possible with proper training, according to ... > full story -
Lung Cancer Mortality Rates Linked to Primary Care Provider Density
April 22, 2013 — Researchers found lower mortality was associated with higher primary care provider ... > full story -
After Major Earthquake: A Global Murmur, Then Unusual Silence
April 19, 2013 — In the global aftershock zone that followed the major April 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake, seismologists noticed an unusual pattern -- period of quiet, without a large quake. Why did this period of ... > full story -
New Algorithm Helps Evaluate, Rank Scientific Literature
April 18, 2013 — Keeping up with current scientific literature is a daunting task, considering that hundreds to thousands of papers are published each day. Now researchers have developed a computer program to help ... > full story -
Light Drinking in Pregnancy Not Linked to Development Problems in Childhood, Study Suggests
April 16, 2013 — Light drinking during pregnancy is not linked to adverse behavioural or cognitive outcomes in childhood, suggests a new study. This study collated data from the Millennium Cohort Study, a national ... > full story
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