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Ocean Drilling Expedition off Antarctica May Predict Ice Sheet’s Response to Warmer Global Temperatures

New results from a drilling expedition off Antarctica may help scientists learn more about a dramatic turn in climate 34 million years ago, when the planet cooled from a «greenhouse» to an «icehouse» state. In just 400,000 years – a blink of an eye in geologic time – carbon dioxide levels dropped, temperatures plunged and… Seguir Leyendo Ocean Drilling Expedition off Antarctica May Predict Ice Sheet’s Response to Warmer Global Temperatures

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According to a study, change in social roles of men and women may increase gender violence

Changes in social roles of men and women may cause the increase of gender violence. When sexist men feel their power threatened within their relationship, they may use violence as a way to restore their lost power. Thus, violence becomes either an instrument to control their threatened power and a way to restore it. Currently,… Seguir Leyendo According to a study, change in social roles of men and women may increase gender violence

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Pilot program allows gypsy students to improve school performance and integration

Scholars from the University of Granada, Spain, and the National University of Comahue, Argentina, designed an educational intervention programme that achieved the integration of 100% of gypsy students in their Secondary School Centre, in the province of Granada. The programme ran for two academic years and was proven to be successful in improving gypsy students’… Seguir Leyendo Pilot program allows gypsy students to improve school performance and integration

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Global database needed to guarantee identification of victims in mass disasters

Forensic Anthropology, as an independent discipline within the field of forensic science, has evolved since the early twentieth century in tandem with technological developments of the scientific world. One of its best tools has been the implementation of radiological techniques for positive identification of human remains. A research conducted at the University of Granada warns… Seguir Leyendo Global database needed to guarantee identification of victims in mass disasters

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Researchers develop a mathematical model to predict slight sports injuries from equations

Researchers develop a mathematical model to predict slight sports injuries from equations Spanish researchers have developed a new mathematical model that permits to predict sport injuries from a series of equations. Their work has proved that sport injuries that affect the lower limbs in high-impact sport, such as football, athletics or basketball, can be predicted… Seguir Leyendo Researchers develop a mathematical model to predict slight sports injuries from equations

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Researchers recover and restore 1 of the 2 oldest copies of the Quran

Researchers recover and restore 1 of the 2 oldest copies of the Quran A 13th century Andalusi Quran, recovered fortuitously in the town of Catar, has been restored. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Fundación Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo in September 30th, 2009, José Antonio Griñán, president of the Junta de Andalucía,… Seguir Leyendo Researchers recover and restore 1 of the 2 oldest copies of the Quran

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Aznalcollar disaster compared with Cretaceous mass extinction

Aznalcollar disaster compared with Cretaceous mass extinction Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have compared the disaster caused by the Aznalcóllar spillage in the Doñana National Park in Andalusia 11 years ago with the biggest species extinction known to date. What do these two disasters have in common? The scientists say that carrying out… Seguir Leyendo Aznalcollar disaster compared with Cretaceous mass extinction

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Right-handed and left-handed people do not see the same bright side of things

Right-handed and left-handed people do not see the same bright side of things Despite the almost universal association of the right with life, right, positive and good things, and the left with death, inadequacy, negative and bad things, recent researches show that left-handed people hold the opposite association. Thus, left-handers become a critical case in… Seguir Leyendo Right-handed and left-handed people do not see the same bright side of things

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How high can a climber go?

How high can a climber go? The maximum time an athlete is able to continue climbing to exhaustion may be the only determinant of his/her performance. A new European study, led by researchers from the University of Granada, the objective of which is to help trainers and climbers design training programmes for this type of… Seguir Leyendo How high can a climber go?