Latest Columbia Business School Research of 18 Countries Shows TV Remains the Most Dominate and Influential Source; Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC/NBC Deemed “Most Powerful” NEW YORK – Amid the increased prevalence […]
Which News Outlets Have the Most Power? Columbia Business School Research Spotlights Information Inequality in 18 Countries and Identifies Top News Outlets
March 24, 2018: The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Seminar
Title: The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Seminar Date: 24 March 2018 Time: 4.31pm & 5.32pm Venue: Putney Embankment (Close to the start line) + Wimbledon Past Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Seminars by The Future Leadership Institute: […]
LSD Produces A New Type Of ‘Harmonic’ Order In The Brain, According To Neuroimaging Study
New brain published in the journal Scientific Reports sheds new light on how LSD produces its psychedelic effects. The drug resulted in the “emergence of new type of order in the brain,” the researchers […]
Before Reefs Become Deserts: Keeping Coral Healthy In Hawaii
Researchers develop novel approach to understand both human and environmental impacts on coral reef health across the Hawaiian Islands. Many of Hawaii’s once-thriving coral reefs are now struggling to recover from recent […]
Artistic Licence: How Hunger Was Used As A Deadly Weapon In WWI
If you were asked to name a weapon used in World War I, you’d probably think of gas attacks, or artillery, or tanks. But another unusual weapon was battering people across the […]
Identification Of Brain Region Responsible For Alleviating Pain Could Lead To Development Of Opioid Alternatives
Researchers from the UK & Japan have identified how the brain’s natural painkilling system could be used as a possible alternative to opioids for the effective relief of chronic pain, which affects […]
Mission-oriented Innovation Could Stimulate Growth While Tackling Plastic In Seas, Dirty Cities And Dementia
A plastic-free ocean, 100 carbon neutral cities by 2030 and cutting dementia by 50% are highlighted as examples of missions that could drive innovation and economic growth in a report for the […]
The Military Must Transform For The Digital Age
Artificial intelligence (AI), unmanned and autonomous machines and other new technologies should be embraced by Western militaries so they are equipped to face the threats of the digital age, argues a new […]
Web-based Teaching Can Improve Science Understanding For Struggling Pupils
Web-based learning tools can help deepen science knowledge among all middle school students, and ease the science literacy gap for underachieving students, according to a three-year study published today in the International Journal […]
Can a Cockroach Teach a Robot How to Scurry Across Rugged Terrain?
Bug Research Paves the Way for Search-and-Rescue and Exploration Tasks When they turn up in family pantries or restaurant kitchens, cockroaches are commonly despised as ugly, unhealthy pests and are quickly killed. […]
Sequential Model Chips Away At Mysteries Of Aircraft
Ice accumulation on aircraft wings is a common contributing factor to airplane accidents. Most existing models focus on either ice that freezes as a thin film on the airfoil, or immediately after […]
Falling IQ Scores In Childhood May Signal Psychotic Disorders In Later Life
New research shows adults who develop psychotic disorders experience declines in IQ during childhood and adolescence, falling progressively further behind their peers across a range of cognitive abilities. The researchers from King’s […]
How Urban Farmers Are Learning To Grow Food Without Soil Or Natural Light
Growing food in cities became popular in Europe and North America during and immediately after World War II. Urban farming provided citizens with food, at a time when resources were desperately scarce. […]
Firms Need To Support Workers Threatened By Automation
Employees have to be retrained for a business world driven by artificial intelligence. Businesses, governments and educators are not ready for an automated working world where people who fail to retrain throughout […]
