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 […]
Firms In Financial Distress Are Unintentionally Driving Entrepreneurship, Says Research From Columbia Business School
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 […]
When Women’s Health Improves, Domestic Violence Diminishes
Chronically ill low-income women who thought they were dying experienced a sharp reduction in domestic violence after getting access to a life-saving treatment, a Johns Hopkins University-led study found. The results, featured […]
Do Search Ads Really Work?
More than a century ago, the department store magnate John Wanamaker famously complained about his inability to gauge the effectiveness of the money he spent on advertising. Since then, technologies such as […]
Fossil Plankton May Be The Key To Understanding Prehistoric Climate Change
Ancient fossilised algae may be the gateway to understanding carbon dioxide and the role it played in transforming the prehistoric climate, a new Oxford University study has found. Alongside collaborators from the Plymouth Marine […]
NASA Wants To Create The Coolest Spot In The Universe
This summer, an ice chest-sized box will fly to the International Space Station, where it will create the coolest spot in the universe. Inside that box, lasers, a vacuum chamber and an […]
New Chimeric Model Is Step Forward For Alzheimer’s Research
Researchers have developed a new method to gain insight into the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The team of Professor Bart De Strooper (VIB-KU Leuven, Dementia Research Institute in the UK) transplanted human brain […]
When Snowpack Melts Earlier, It Also Melts More Slowly, New Study Finds
As the world warms, mountain snowpack will not only melt earlier, it will also melt more slowly, according to a new study by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). […]
New Study Reveals The Growth And Benefits Of Alternative Legal Service Providers
Over the last ten years, a new category of legal service provider, Alternative Legal Service Providers (“ALSPs”) has emerged. Their rise has been driven by new challenges that are forcing practitioners to […]
Under Pressure: The Battle To Have A Baby In Africa
A complication of pregnancy that causes the mother’s blood pressure to rise – often fatally – is more common in women of African descent than any other. Research in Uganda by African […]
