New research reveals that busyness, and the need to be seen as being busy – together with a deep-rooted addiction to heroic leadership – are hindering both organisational and executive growth. The […]
Research Reveals Busyness And Traditional Leadership Models Are Killing Creativity And Conversations At Work
Scientists Develop Nearly Complete Human Brain That Equals Brain Maturity Of A 5-Week-Old Fetus
Scientists at The Ohio State University have developed a nearly complete human brain in a dish that equals the brain maturity of a 5-week-old fetus. The brain organoid, engineered from adult human […]
Sliperiet At Umeå University Starts Printing 3D Houses
In a collaborative project worth SEK 35 million, researchers and external partners are together developing a technology to make full-scale 3D prints of cellulose based material. It is not a matter of […]
OSU Researchers Discover Seaweed That Tastes Like Bacon When Cooked
Oregon State University researchers have patented a new strain of a succulent red marine algae called dulse that grows extraordinarily quickly, is packed full of protein and has an unusual trait when […]
Researchers Demonstrate ‘No-Ink’ Color Printing With Nanomaterials
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are giving new meaning to the term “read the fine print” with their demonstration of a color printing process using nanomaterials. In this case, […]
Paleo Diet: Big Brains Needed Carbs – The Importance Of Dietary Carbohydrate In Human Evolution
Understanding how and why we evolved such large brains is one of the most puzzling issues in the study of human evolution. It is widely accepted that brain size increase is partly […]
Heat Release From Stagnant Deep Sea Helped End Last Ice Age
The build-up and subsequent release of warm, stagnant water from the deep Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas played a role in ending the last Ice Age within the Arctic region, according to […]
Warwick Engineering Students Design World Beating Submarine
A submarine designed and built by engineering students at the University of Warwick was awarded 1st Prize for Innovation at the 2015 the International Submarine Races (ISR). Held at the Carderock Naval […]
Oxford Saïd Research Shows How CEOs Keep In The Know – And Why Sometimes They Fail
CEOs know that it’s vital for them to keep on top of what’s going on in their organisation, and almost all have developed a ‘personal knowledge infrastructure’ to help them do just […]
“Brainy” Mice Raise Hope Of Better Treatments For Cognitive Disorders
Researchers have created unusually intelligent mice by altering a single gene and as a result the mice were also less likely to feel anxiety or recall fear. The study, led by the […]
Academic Ranking Of World Universities 2015
The 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has been released by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Starting from 2003, ARWU has been presenting the world Top 500 […]
Frequent Travel Is Damaging To Health And Wellbeing, According To New Study
Researchers from the University of Surrey and Lund University (Sweden) investigated how frequent, long-distance travel is represented in mass and social media. They found that the images portrayed do not take into […]
Graduates From Britain’s Top Research Universities Could Help Food Industry Become Best In The World
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and a group of industry leaders and academics in the UK are joined in a cross-sector task force recommending greater cooperation between universities and […]
U-M Opens Mcity Test Environment For Connected And Driverless Vehicles
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan has opened Mcity, the world’s first controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies that will lead the way to mass-market […]
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