Few companies or organizations are looking to fail when they plot a new strategy. However, turning a blind eye to the possibility that a strategy may fail can have disastrous consequences. According […]
Failing May be Fundamental To Success, According To Columbia Business School
Scientists Harness Solar Power To Produce Clean Hydrogen From Biomass
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce. It’s using […]
Perceived Weight Discrimination Linked To Physical Inactivity
People who feel that they have been discriminated against because of their weight are much less likely to be physically active than people who don’t perceive that they have suffered any such […]
Food And Agriculture Expert Louise Fresco: “We Feel Nostalgia For A Non-Existent Past”
Small-scale agriculture: appealing though it may sound, it’s not going to feed the world. The Dutch professor and author Louise O. Fresco does not fight shy of speaking the – sometimes counterintuitive […]
Research Challenges Idea That Birth Weight Is A Good Proxy For Population Health
Despite dramatic improvements in human health, babies’ average birth-weights have not increased over the last 150 years reveals new research from LSE. The paper, published in the journal Social Science and Medicine […]
Hawaiian Biodiversity Has Been Declining For Millions Of Years
Hawaii’s unique animal and plant diversity has been declining on all but the Big Island for millions of years, long before humans arrived, according to a new analysis of species diversity on […]
Norway Takes Top Spot In 2017 World Happiness Report
The World Happiness Report 2017, released today with significant input from LSE’s Professor Richard Layard, includes an analysis of happiness in the workplace for the first time. The report, which ranks 156 […]
Ancient Stardust Sheds Light On The First Stars
A huge mass of glowing stardust in a galaxy seen shortly after the Universe’s formation has been detected by a UCL-led team of astronomers, providing new insights into the birth and explosive […]
Firms In Financial Distress Are Unintentionally Driving Entrepreneurship, Says Research From Columbia Business School
Frustrated with constraints imposed upon them by their employers during times of distress, many high-quality employees feel compelled to take the leap into entrepreneurship. This is most likely to happen when their […]
NYU Stern Research Shows How Open-Innovation Business Models Spur Advancement And Maintain Productivity Levels
Organizations from Zappos to NASA are increasingly adopting self-management and open-innovation business models in an effort to spur greater technological advancement or productivity. But how can companies ensure effective production in an […]
New Analysis Links 30,000 Excess Deaths In 2015 To Cuts In Health And Social Care
Researchers exploring why there has been a substantial increase in mortality in England and Wales in 2015 conclude that failures in the health and social care system linked to disinvestment are likely […]
The Merging Of Science Fiction With Fact
If robots are taking over the world, what repercussions does this have for the human brain? LSE Professor of Law Andrew Murray is tackling this question in his research. Science fiction and […]
Oral Delivery System Could Make Vaccinations Needle-Free
Patients could one day self-administer vaccines using a needleless, pill-sized technology that jet-releases a stream of vaccine inside the mouth, according to a proof-of-concept study conducted at UC Berkeley. The study did […]
Final Biomedical Trial On Captive Chimpanzees Is First Oral Ebola Vaccine For Saving Wild Apes
Oral vaccine offers hope for ape species ravaged by Ebola and other diseases, as it can be widely dispersed to save more wild animals. However, scientists say recent law changes on captive […]
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