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Humility Is a Double-Edged Sword for Some Leaders, Study Shows

September 9, 2019

Experiments help answer significant questions about how leaders are perceived by followers and observers when they show humil...

Women, Your Inner Circle May Be Key to Gaining Leadership Roles

January 24, 2019

When women have social networks that resemble their male counterparts’, they are more likely to hold low-ranking positi...

Engineers Use Tiki Torches in Study of Soot, Diesel Filters

July 27, 2018

Chemical engineers testing methods to improve efficiency of diesel engines while maintaining performance are getting help fro...

Engineered Polymer Membranes Could Be New Option for Water Treatment

May 8, 2018

Engineers studied self-assembled block polymer membranes, which allow for both customizable and uniform pore sizes, as a...

Researchers Developing Renewable Energy Approach for Producing Ammonia

April 5, 2018

The new process utilizes a plasma in combination with non-noble metal catalysts to generate ammonia at much milder conditions...

Researchers Uncover Most Complex Mineral on Earth

March 9, 2018

Ewingite was found on a damp mine wall in the Czech Republic and was in the same region where uranium ore was mined for Marie...

Researchers Improve Method to Identify Aquatic Species Using Environmental DNA

July 20, 2017

The cells fish shed into the water protect tightly coiled DNA

Mosquitoes Capable of Carrying Zika Virus Found in Washington, D.C.

January 27, 2016

Team also found genetic evidence that these mosquitoes have overwintered for at least the past four years

Spider Web Research Shows Promise for Noninvasive Genetic Sampling

January 13, 2016

In the study, spider and prey DNA remained detectable at least 88 days after living organisms were no longer presen...

Encouraging Motivation to Benefit Others Can Lead to More Effective Teams

November 16, 2015

Teamwork is a coordinated action and showing concern for others may bring about smoother interactions and more effective coop...

Astrophysicists Produce the First Age Map of the Halo of the Milky Way

October 30, 2015

The information can be used to tell us the assembly history of our galaxy

Chemists Discover New Class of Antibiotics

March 7, 2014

A team of University of Notre Dame researchers led by Mayland Chang and Shahriar Mobashery have discovered a new class of ant...

Astronomers Find Massive Supply of Fresh Gas Around Modern Galaxies

January 13, 2013

Galaxies have a voracious appetite for fuel — in this case, fresh gas — but astronomers have had difficulty findi...