Vast valley networks on Mars have suggested that water may have flowed there for millions of years. Now a study at Brown University suggests the valleys could have been carved by much […]
Martian Valleys Could Have Been Carved By Surprisingly Little Water
June 11, 2016 Long Night of Science in Berlin and Potsdam
Each year Freie Universität Berlin participates in this open house event with an extensive program of events hosted by numerous departments, institutes, research groups, and other institutions in Dahlem, Düppel, Lankwitz, and […]
Dec 10, 2015: Can Neuroscience Help Understand Art ? Symposium
Title: “Can Neuroscience Help Us Understand Art?” Topic: New York University will host “Can Neuroscience Help Us Understand Art?”—a debate featuring NYU English Professor Gabrielle Starr and Alva Noe, a professor of philosophy at […]
Dec 9, 2015: Water Security 2015
Oxford University Conference Topic: Water security has rapidly emerged as a defining global and local challenge to promote economic growth, human development and resource sustainability. Achieving and maintaining water security requires balancing […]
Are Successful CEOs Just Lucky?
“Ask chief executives why their companies are performing so well, and they’ll typically credit a brilliant strategy coupled with hard-nosed, diligent execution. When you ask Lars Sørensen of Novo Nordisk what forces […]
‘Unhealthy’ Image Influences Adolescents’ Food Choices
Adolescents more readily choose an unhealthy snack if they’ve been shown a picture of, for example, crisps or chocolate. This is the main finding of research conducted among Amsterdam schoolchildren by researchers […]
Exploring The Physics Of Chocolate Fountains
A UCL mathematics student has found that the falling ‘curtain’ of chocolate in a chocolate fountain surprisingly pulls inwards rather than going straight downwards because of surface tension. “Chocolate fountains are just […]
Private Hospital Rooms Cut Infection, Offset Building Costs
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 […]
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. […]
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