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 […]
Research Challenges Idea That Birth Weight Is A Good Proxy For Population Health
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 […]
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 […]
