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Psychology Prof Finds That Self-Affirmation Enhances Performance, Makes Us Receptive to Our Mistakes
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Study examines influence of media messages on perceptions of paranormal investigators' credibility.
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Those tiny balls of boutique mozzarella cheese with the sticker-shock price tag beckoning from the dairy case — are they the real deal, mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP, crafted from the milk of water buffaloes? Or are they really cheap fakes made from cow’s milk? A new test can help consumers make sure.
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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has established a new research center dedicated to improving the safety and effectiveness of medications.
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Berkeley Lab and JBEI researchers develop a biology-friendly robot programming language.
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First image from a living animal wins 2012 Nikon Small World Competition that recognizes top photomicrographs from around the world.
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Scaling up the production of biofuels made from algae to meet at least 5 percent -- approximately 39 billion liters -- of U.S. transportation fuel needs would place unsustainable demands on energy, water, and nutrients, says a new report from the National Research Council.
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Potatoes with higher levels of beneficial carotenoids are the result of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) studies to improve one of America's most popular vegetables.
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Americans used less energy in 2011 than in the previous year due mainly to a shift to higher-efficiency energy technologies in the transportation and residential sectors. Meanwhile, less coal was used but more natural gas was consumed according to the most recent energy flow charts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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A Kansas State University professor's research analyzing lipids is helping scientists around the world understand plant responses and develop better crops that can withstand environmental stress.
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Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found that nitrogen atoms in the compound uranium nitride exhibit unexpected, distinct vibrations that form a nearly ideal realization of a physics textbook model known as the isotropic quantum harmonic oscillator.
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In the fall of 2011, SEFA launched their very first Student Design Competition for high school juniors and seniors. Check out the winners of this year's contest!
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