The Nuon Solar Team has won the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge for the sixth time in its Nuna8 solar car. Never before has this race – which takes teams right through the […]
The Nuon Solar Team Becomes World Solar Racing Champion In Australia
New ‘Alien’ Wasp Discovered In Washington State
The discovery in Washington state of a parasitic wasp that kills its host like a scene from the “Alien” sci-fi movie has entomologists cheering from the west coast to the east. That’s […]
What’s On Your Kitchen Countertop Might Predict Your Weight
A quick glance in a person’s kitchen might reveal more than just their taste in food. A new Cornell study suggests that the kinds of ready-to-eat foods left out on the countertop […]
Extra Brain Cells Make Males Remember Sex
A pair of neurons have been found in the brain of male nematode worms that allow them to remember and seek sex even at the expense of food. These neurons, which are […]
Chicken Study Reveals Evolution Can Happen Much Faster Than Thought
A new study of chickens overturns the popular assumption that evolution is only visible over long time scales. By studying individual chickens that were part of a long-term pedigree, the scientists, led […]
Life On Earth Likely Started At Least 4.1 Billion Years Ago
UCLA geochemists have found evidence that life likely existed on Earth at least 4.1 billion years ago — 300 million years earlier than previous research suggested. The discovery indicates that life may […]
Live Chicken Warning
With backyard poultry ownership in urban areas of the US increasing in recent decades, cities should adopt policies to reduce the risk of infectious disease from contact with live chickens, according to […]
Keeping The Supply Chain Flowing According To Cambridge Research
In this age of rapid and escalating change, what can businesses do to flourish? Take a look at their supply chains, say researchers in the Centre for International Manufacturing, based on their […]
Why Elephants Rarely Get Cancer
Why Elephants Rarely Get Cancer A Potential Mechanism Identified That May Be Key to Cancer Resistance SALT LAKE CITY—Why elephants rarely get cancer is a mystery that has stumped scientists for […]
Investing In Research Universities Pays Off
In 2014, the 21 members of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) contributed a total of 71.2 billion euros in gross value added (GVA) to the European economy. In addition, they […]
US Military Can Teach CEOs About Cybersecurity And Building A High-Reliability Organisation
An article published in the Harvard Business Review, Cybersecurity’s Human Factor: Lessons from the Pentagon, by James A. Winnefeld Jr., Christopher Kirchhoff, and David Upton, identifies the six principles at the heart […]
Lessons From The Great Recession: In-House Brands No Longer Surfire Strategy For Saving Money
When economic times get tough, budget-conscious grocery shoppers typically switch from name brands to in-store brands to save money. But the Great Recession flipped that strategy on its head, a new study […]
Under Saturnian Moon’s Icy Crust Lies A ‘Global’ Ocean
Cornell University researchers have learned that a global ocean lies beneath the moon’s thick icy crust by measuring with precision the tiny wobbles of Saturn’s moon Enceladus – whose cosmic quavers are […]
Exploring Africa’s Goma Region: Diary: Day 14
The 7R Future Leadership Institute has been following Belgian Floris Buter from the Virunga National Park on a week long field trip in Africa, in order to gather topography data for a hydro-power project. The […]
The Future Leadership Institute 