In the war against infections, constructing single-patient rooms – rather than sick-bay style, multi-patient rooms – reduces hospital-acquired infections among patients. A new Cornell-led study finds that the purported high building costs […]
Private Hospital Rooms Cut Infection, Offset Building Costs
CEOs Cannot Take Their Eye Off The Ball
Ineos founder Jim Ratcliffe on why chief executives have to scrutinise every detail when making acquisitions Chief executives must be rigorous to avoid making basic errors that could cost their organisation millions […]
Women Still Face Battle To Enter The Boardroom
Gender diversity on boards has improved, but the struggle for businesswomen to gain access is ongoing Women hoping to become board members in big organisations still face an uphill struggle, despite research […]
More Or Less Ethical, Negotiation-Study At University Of Cambridge
The ethics of a person’s negotiating tactics may differ according to the nationality of the other party to the negotiation, according to a new study. Do the ethics of a person’s negotiating […]
Consumers Prefer Name-Brand Over Store-Brand Products Through Lack Of Information
When people purchase painkillers for a headache, but also when they buy salt or sugar, they opt for brand-name products, even if there are cheaper store-brand products with the same composition. This […]
Vast Majority Of The 11,000 US Homicides Each Year Not Committed By Individuals With Mental Illness
WASHINGTON (Nov. 23, 2015)— The U.S. is experiencing two critical public health challenges — mental health and gun violence — but few understand these two crises rarely intersect when it comes to […]
Online Porn May Feed Sex Addicts’ Desire For New Sexual Images
People who show compulsive sexual behaviour – sex addiction – are driven to search more for new sexual images than their peers, according to new research led by the University of Cambridge. […]
Nov 25, 2015: “Symmetry, Spaces And Undecidability” Oxford Symposium
Event: Inaugural Chairman’s Public Lecture at Oxford University Topic: Martin Bridson became Head of the Mathematical Institute on 01 October 2015. To mark the occasion he will be giving an Inaugural Chairman’s […]
Nov 24, 2015: “Framing Black Pete” Symposium
Event at The University of Amsterdam The Graduate School of Social Sciences, New Urban Collective, Amsterdam United and University of Colour are hosting a week with an exhibition, a symposium, workshops and […]
Wild Birds Choose Love Over Food
Wild birds will sacrifice access to food in order to stay close to their partner over the winter, according to a study by Oxford University researchers. Scientists from the Department of Zoology […]
Fastest Flemish Supercomputer To Come To KU Leuven
As from the second half of 2016, KU Leuven will house a brand new Tier-1 supercomputer. The computer will be one of the 150 largest and fastest computers in the world. The […]
Stanford Cybersecurity Expert Analyzes Anonymous’ Hacking Attacks On ISIS
By hacking ISIS, Anonymous could throw a wrench into the terror group’s activities, and although this type of vigilante-style hacking is illegal in the United States, it’s doubtful that anyone would be […]
Men Eat More Food When Dining With Women
If you’re a man, how much you eat may have more to do with the gender of your dining companions than your appetite. A new Cornell University study, published in the journal […]
Time Management: Why We Feel Busier When Close To Reaching A Goal
Is there any worse time to be interrupted than right now? Regardless of what we’re doing or the nature of the interruption, we often feel as if we have no time to […]
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