Berkeley biologists have discovered the switch that triggers the power kick sperm use to penetrate and fertilize a human egg, uncovering a possible source of male infertility but also a potential target […]
Preventing Sperm’s ‘Power Kick’ Could Be Key To Unisex Contraceptive
The Magic Of Leadership: One Man’s Leap Into The Unknown: the CEO of AstraZeneca
The CEO of AstraZeneca, Pascal Soriot, explains how he went from banlieue to boardroom. I was the pure product of a French scientific education. No-one in my family was involved in business, […]
Oxford Cambridge Boat Race 2016: Men’s Report: Cambridge Wins
The 162nd staging of The Boat Race took place in tempestuous conditions, after a dramatic women’s event. Prior to Sunday, the talk had largely revolved around the impressive form of Cambridge and […]
Oxford Cambridge Boat Race 2016: Womens’ Report: Oxford Wins
Cambridge and Oxford’s women lined up on the Tideway for only the second time in varsity history this afternoon, as the recently rebranded Cancer Research UK Boat Races took place. Oxford, led […]
What Are The Four Characteristics That Predict A CEO?
Boards may be too often swayed by charm when evaluating CEO candidates New research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business has identified four factors that predict whether a job candidate will […]
Why Meeting A First Date For Breakfast Might Not Be A Bad Idea
by Francesca Gino, behavioral scientist Harvard Business School Every day we make decisions that have important implications for our happiness and how we live our lives. Whether we are studying for an exam, […]
Digital Revolution Is A Blessing And Curse For Businesses
Pierre Nanterme, Chairman and CEO of Accenture, believes organisations face great opportunities and risks in the digital age. A world where people can download data to their brains or appear at meetings […]
Decades Of Educational Expansion ‘Had Little Effect On Social Mobility’
In the inaugural British Academy sociology lecture on 15 March, Oxford sociologist Dr John Goldthorpe outlined why having more educational qualifications than your parents and grandparents has not translated into better social mobility […]
China’s Richest Man Shares Insights Into His Business Success At Oxford Saïd Business School
Introduction Following the release of his book, The Wanda Way, Wang Jianlin, Chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group and the richest person in China, spoke at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford […]
Americans’ Concern About Influence Of Big Donors Split Along Party Lines, According To Survey
Republican and Independent voters most concerned about influence of money on policy; voters’ income dictates perception of influence Bombastic billionaire Donald Trump is considered among all voters to be the candidate least […]
Bad Vibrations: UCI Researchers Find Security Breach In 3-D Printing Process
With findings that could have been taken from the pages of a spy novel, researchers at the University of California, Irvine have demonstrated that they can purloin intellectual property by recording and […]
March 27, 2016: The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race: FLI Walk and Diner
Event The Future Leadership Institute‘s Walk & Business Diner on Boat Race day Private session for members of The Future Leadership Institute Program Sunday 27-3-2016: Brunch Walking the course of the Boat Race […]
Healthy vs Unhealthy Food: The Challenges Of Understanding Food Choices
We know a lot about food but little about the food choices that affect the nation’s health. Researchers have begun to devise experiments to find out why we choose a chocolate bar […]
Understanding The Dynamics Of Crowd Behaviour
Crowds of tiny particles disperse as their environment becomes more disordered, according to scientists from UCL, Bilkent University and Université Pierre et Marie Curie. The new mechanism is counterintuitive and might help […]
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