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March 7, 2017

Safer to Ride in Yellow Taxis

STEM Enrichment Activities: No Impact On Results

Black-White Earnings Gap Returns to 1950 Levels

Dementia On the Downslide, Shows Study

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Should We Commit to Eradicate Malaria Worldwide?

Mar. 3, 2017 — Should we commit to eradicate malaria worldwide? For the author of a new report, eradication is the only equitable and sustainable ... read more

Are Market Bubbles Caused by Traders' Testosterone Levels?

Mar. 1, 2017 — Such an effect may lead male traders, driven by an increase in testosterone due to a successful investment, to take exaggerated risks, which, in turn, create price bubbles. By increasing the number ... read more

Risky Business: Calculating Climate Change Losses in Major European Coastal Cities

Mar. 1, 2017 — A new study that assesses potential future climate damage to major European coastal cities has found that, if, as currently, global carbon emissions ... read more

Finer Raw Cotton Best for Oil Spill Remediation, Collaborative Research Shows

Feb. 27, 2017 — Cotton, a longtime staple crop on the South Plains and major part of the region’s economy, is growing into a new sector: environmental cleanup ... read more

Science Versus the 'Horatio Alger Myth'

Feb. 22, 2017 — In a new study scientists have taken a condensed matter physics concept usually applied to the way substances such as ice freeze, called 'frustration,' and applied it to a simple social network model ... read more

Cardiovascular Disease Costs Will Exceed $1 Trillion by 2035

Feb. 14, 2017 — By 2035, cardiovascular disease, the most costly and prevalent killer, if left unchecked, will place a crushing economic and health burden on the nation's financial and health care systems, a new ... read more

Poor and Less Educated Suffer the Most from Chronic Pain

Feb. 8, 2017 — Poorer and less-educated older Americans are more like to suffer from chronic pain than those with greater wealth and more education, but the disparity between the two groups is much greater than ... read more

'Field Research and a Sharper Focus on the Young Could Help Combat Terrorism'

Jan. 26, 2017 — A new research article argues that the US government's national security systems have not adapted sufficiently to the threats posed by groups such as ... read more

Synthetic Chemicals Understudied Drivers of Environmental Change

Jan. 24, 2017 — The growing use of synthetic chemicals, including pesticides and pharmaceuticals to attack unwanted organisms, has outpaced rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations and other agents of global change in ... read more

Extreme Space Weather-Induced Blackouts Could Cost US More Than $40 Billion Daily

Jan. 18, 2017 — The daily US economic cost from solar storm-induced electricity blackouts could be in the tens of billions of dollars, with more than half the loss ... read more

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March 7, 2017

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Better Injury Data Management Can Save Fire Departments Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

Mar. 7, 2017 — A new study shows that more accurately tracking injuries in the fire service can save fire departments a great amount of money and more accurately focus injury prevention ... read more

Untapped Potential for Ugandan Beekeepers

Mar. 6, 2017 — Despite the large economic potential for honey production, many beekeepers in Uganda fail to produce and market enough honey to make a living from it. ... read more

Reduction of Energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Promotion or Steering?

Feb. 22, 2017 — Policy interventions to reduce energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions have a variety of effects on the economy and on households. A study has provided the first detailed impact assessment of ... read more

'Complexity' of Exports Is a Good Predictor of Income Inequality

Feb. 17, 2017 — A new paper argues that everything else being equal, the complexity of a country's exports also correlates with its degree of economic equality: The more complex a country's products, the ... read more

Preferential Trade Agreements Enhance Global Trade at the Expense of Its Resilience

Feb. 16, 2017 — The global commodity trade is a complex system where its network structure, which may arise from bilateral and multilateral agreements, affects its growth and resilience. At time of economic shocks, ... read more

Early Warning System Flags Global Financial Crises

Feb. 14, 2017 — Researchers have developed a new 'early warning system' that could help policymakers around the world take action to avert or lessen the impact of financial ... read more

Teens in Poorest Families Go Hungry More Than Younger Kids

Feb. 13, 2017 — In very poor families, teenagers are going hungry twice as often as their younger siblings, a study ... read more

Psychological 'Recipe' Identified for Viral Campaigns Such as Ice Bucket Challenge

Feb. 13, 2017 — New work focusing on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge reveals very brief shelf life of such viral campaigns, and suggests the nature of ‘virality’ and social tipping points themselves may be a ... read more

University Incubators May Lead to Lower-Quality Innovation, New Study Shows

Feb. 10, 2017 — The establishment of university-affiliated incubators is often followed by a reduction in the quality of university innovations, according to a new ... read more

Believe in the American Dream? You're Less Likely to Impulse Buy, Study Finds

Feb. 8, 2017 — When materialistic consumers believe in the American dream -- that it's possible to improve their economic status through hard work -- they are less likely to spend impulsively, according to new ... read more

Disparities Between Researchers Who Publish in High-and Low-Impact Journals

Feb. 8, 2017 — A new study surveying authors from a range of countries investigates the crucial differences between authors who publish in high- and low-impact factor medical journals. This original research shows ... read more

Powerful Change: A Profile of Today's Solar Consumer

Feb. 7, 2017 — People with higher incomes and better education no longer dominate demand for the domestic solar market in Queensland with a new study revealing the highest uptake in solar PV systems comes from ... read more

Pride: Sin or Incentive?

Feb. 7, 2017 — Humans correctly forecast the personal qualities valued in their local population, and generate pride accordingly, suggests new ... read more

Where Are the EU Twitter Communities?

Feb. 1, 2017 — Governments and politicians have attempted to exploit social media for their own ends. However, a study now reveals that governmental Twitter accounts across the European Union have almost totally ... read more

Shift to Tighter Physician-Hospital Integration Is More Complex Than Expected

Jan. 30, 2017 — More physicians are contracting with hospitals through different types of agreements, but the shift to tighter physician-hospital integration is more complex than expected, according to new ... read more

Model Driverless Car Regulations After Drug Approval Process, AI Ethics Experts Argue

Jan. 26, 2017 — Autonomous systems -- like driverless cars -- perform tasks that previously could only be performed by humans. In a new article, artificial intelligence ethics experts argue that current safety ... read more

Don't Smile Too Big to Be Effective in Online Marketing Ads, Study Funds

Jan. 24, 2017 — A new study has found that the level of smile intensity in marketing photos influences how consumers perceive the marketer's competence and warmth, which can lead to different results depending ... read more

Number of Women Who Take Maternity Leave Has Stalled

Jan. 20, 2017 — The number of U.S. women taking maternity leave has not changed in 22 years despite factors that suggest it should be increasing, a new study found. During the same time, the number of fathers taking ... read more

International Effort Announced to Try to Save the World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal

Jan. 18, 2017 — An ambitious, emergency plan to help save the vaquita porpoise from extinction in the northern Gulf of California has been recommended by the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita ... read more

Which Facebook 'Friends' Help Most When Looking for a Job? Depends Where You Live in the World

Jan. 18, 2017 — Research used anonymous Facebook data from almost 17 million social connections in 55 countries to determine that the role of weak and strong ties in job searches is important around the world, but ... read more

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Better injury data management can save fire departments hundreds of thousands of dollars

Monday, March 6, 2017

Untapped potential for Ugandan beekeepers

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Reduction of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions: Promotion or steering?

Friday, February 17, 2017

'Complexity' of exports is a good predictor of income inequality

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Preferential trade agreements enhance global trade at the expense of its resilience

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Early warning system flags global financial crises

Monday, February 13, 2017

Friday, February 10, 2017

University incubators may lead to lower-quality innovation, new study shows

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Where are the EU Twitter communities?

Monday, January 30, 2017

Shift to tighter physician-hospital integration is more complex than expected

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Model driverless car regulations after drug approval process, AI ethics experts argue

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Don't smile too big to be effective in online marketing ads, study funds

Friday, January 20, 2017

Number of women who take maternity leave has stalled

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Monday, January 16, 2017

How China is poised for marine fisheries reform

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Postdoc jobs in biomedicine don't yield positive returns in the labor market

Monday, January 9, 2017

Monday, February 6, 2017

Fiscal incentives may help in fight to reduce gas emissions in developing countries

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Medicaid expansion boosts Michigan's economy and will more than pay for itself

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Whistleblowers make a difference

Thursday, December 29, 2016

Quarter of a million tons of food could be saved a year with better logistics

Monday, December 19, 2016

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Report provides guidance for evolving electric power sector

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Five areas for givers to ‘look within and without’ when choosing charities, causes to support

Monday, December 12, 2016

Friday, December 9, 2016

Economic stress played role in increasing U.S. death rate

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Monday, November 28, 2016

Why conservation fails

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Defining conservation priorities in tropical and biodiversity rich countries

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Support for democracy linked to income inequality

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Monday, November 14, 2016

Low growth in global carbon emissions continues for third successive year

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Mapping out ways to pay for climate-related loss, damage

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

Into the gray zone: New report analyzes potential of active defense as a response to sophisticated cyber threats in the private sector

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Changing the world by changing social norms

Friday, October 21, 2016

The fight against deforestation: Why are Congolese farmers clearing forest?

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Army of agents to tackle corrupt officials, tax evaders, terrorists, and botnets as game theory gears up for the chaos of the modern world

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Caribbean heritage under threat

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Exposure to chemicals dangerous to hormone function burdens Americans with hundreds of billions in disease costs

Friday, October 14, 2016

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Friday, October 7, 2016

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

College job market to continue torrid pace

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Monday, October 3, 2016

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Monday, September 26, 2016