Science news articles about 'gaps'

... is the first of its type, according to the authors, to quantify a "pain gap" in American society, with the "have-nots" suffering a disproportionate amount ...

... and middle school students, but also a closing of the achievement gaps between both African-American and Hispanic students ... and African-American students, as closing achievement gaps--while improving achievement for all students--has been a goal ...

NEWARK, N.J., May 6 (UPI) -- Growing gaps in pay between medical specialties in the United States is creating the potential for serious shortages in some fields, medical leaders say.

... and audio recordings is helping to bridge the information gap for blind and visually impaired people, giving ...

... and audio recordings is helping to bridge the information gap for blind and visually impaired people, giving ...

... , which appears in the May 14 issue of PLoS ONE, says the widening gap was due to significant decreases in mortality from all causes ... who had completed high school. The authors say the growing gap was caused largely by an unprecedented decrease in the all-cause ...

... ’s team found that, in more gender equal societies, the gender gap in math disappears. For example, the math gender ... analyzed in the study. The research also found a striking gender gap in reading skills. In every country girls ...

... more organised and standardised way, and, at present, there is a big gap in knowledge about the 15-24-year-old ...

... fish-tetrapod, Tiktaalik, but even so a gap remained between this animal and the earliest true tetrapods ...

MADISON, Wis., July 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. study found that girls have closed the gender gap in math performance.

... flakes equipped with a "gate" electrode has found an unexpected gap-like feature in the energy spectrum of electrons ...

... and running of clinical trials, mean the main gaps have been filled in Australia’s development chain for new ...

... apparent narrowing of the wage gap between working men and women in the last 30 years reflects ... ." After years of a fairly constant gender wage gap in the United States, women's wages grew from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s, and the gap seemed to narrow. At that same time, wages became ...

... between black and white college students. To fill this gap, she surveyed 222 black students ...

... plastic shrinks as it hardens. The tension can cause gaps to appear between the tooth and the filling, encouraging more caries ... , occasionally producing tension that can cause tiny gaps to form between the plastic filling and the tooth. Bits ...