by Sarah Clinton | University of Missouri – Columbia CEOs hired from outside a company tend to spend more money on research and development, while CEOs hired from within are likely to […]
Outside CEOs Could Rejuvenate Struggling Businesses
Complete Camel Skeleton Unearthed In Austria
by University of Veterinary Medicine – Vienna In 2006 construction began on a new shopping centre in Tulln. The works unearthed various archaeologically valuable objects that were salvaged during rescue excavations. Among […]
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Create “Wikipedia” For Neurons
by Jocelyn Duffy | Carnegie Mellon News Neuroelectro.org will accelerate research and understanding of neuronal function. The decades worth of data that has been collected about the billions of neurons in the […]
Wearable Technology Can Help With Public Speaking
by Leonor Sierra | University of Rochester Researchers develop a real-time feedback system using “smart glasses” Speaking in public is the top fear for many people. Now, researchers from the Human-Computer Interaction […]
Before I Go – Time Warps For A Young Surgeon With Metastatic Lung Cancer
by Paul Kalanithi | Republished with permission from Stanford Medicine magazine In residency, there’s a saying: The days are long, but the years are short. In neurosurgical training, the day usually began a little […]
The Brain In The Supermarket – Study: Simple “Index Strategy” Helps Consumers Make Choices
by Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office Say you’re out shopping for basic household goods — perhaps orange juice and soup. Or light bulbs. Or diapers for your young child. How […]
A ‘Long Awaited Recognition’: Nash Receives Abel Prize For Revered Work In Mathematics
by Princeton University Communications The handshakes and congratulations, the smiles and shoulder claps, that Princeton University mathematician John Nash received from old colleagues and younger researchers in Princeton’s mathematics department had a […]
Study Shows People Act To Protect Privacy When Told How Often Phone Apps Share Personal Information
Many smartphone users know that free apps sometimes share private information with third parties, but few, if any, are aware of how frequently this occurs. An experiment at Carnegie Mellon University shows […]
MIT’s Stonebraker Brought Relational Database Systems From Concept To Commercial Success
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, named Michael Stonebraker of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recipient of the 2014 ACM A.M. Turing Award for fundamental contributions to the concepts and practices […]
March 26, 2015: FLI Seminar: Urban Leadership: The Science Behind Vertical Gardens
Researcher and speaker: Teun Depreeuw Topic: The Science Behind Vertical Gardens In An Urban Environment Date: 26 March 2015 Language: Dutch Venue: EcoHuis Turnhoutsebaan 139 2140 Borgerhout Belgium Tel: +32 3 217 08 11 […]
NASA’s Opportunity Mars Rover Finishes Marathon, Clocks In At Just Over 11 Years
There was no tape draped across a finish line, but NASA is celebrating a win. The agency’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity completed its first Red Planet marathon Tuesday — 26.219 miles (42.195 […]
Colliding Stars Explain Enigmatic Seventeenth Century Explosion
New observations made with APEX and other telescopes reveal that the star that European astronomers saw appear in the sky in 1670 was not a nova, but a much rarer, violent breed […]
Some Behavioral Biases Linked To Higher Risk Taking By Investors
Investors prone to ‘illusion of control’ and ‘overconfidence’ bias are more likely to undertake potentially risky investments in complex hybrid securities, a study by QUT behavioral economists has found. The Australian Securities […]
Thinking Of Drinking And Driving? What If Your car Won’t Let You?
If every new car made in the United States had a built-in blood alcohol level tester that prevented impaired drivers from driving the vehicle, how many lives could be saved, injuries prevented, […]
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