Emotional news alters men's financial risk-taking, research shows
Emotional news stories have a strong impact on men's financial decisions, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Jan 7, 2025
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News on large investments
Climate change imperils Southern California's coastal rail corridor, panelists say
Climate change is "wreaking havoc" on the coastal rail corridor from Santa Barbara to San Diego, Sen. Catherine Blakespear said at a Senate Transportation Subcommittee meeting in San Clemente.
Environment
Dec 12, 2023
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Better care for locals and the ocean to make Indonesia's blue economy more viable
The world depends on the ocean to meet increasing demands for food, income, energy and minerals and transportation. However, marine ecosystems face serious challenges from over-exploitation, extraction, pollution, loss of ...
Economics & Business
Jul 5, 2023
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We're ignoring the value of water—and that means we're devaluing it
Daniel Kahneman, an Israeli-American psychologist who was recognized with the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002, gave an interview more than a decade ago in which he stated: "We associate leadership with decisiveness. That ...
Environment
Jun 21, 2023
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New method enables effective free-space optical communication regardless of weather
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Moussa N'Gom, assistant professor of physics, applied physics, and astronomy, has devised a method to make communications between satellites and the ground more effective no matter the weather. ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 1, 2023
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Accuracy at risk as governments reject specialist forest mapping tools
Governments are not using the latest mapping technology to report key environmental data about tropical forests to the UN, say researchers.
Environment
Feb 21, 2023
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How livestock systems act as a reservoir for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria
Scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the University of Liverpool, the University of Edinburgh and elsewhere have traced how livestock systems act as a reservoir for antimicrobial-resistant ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 9, 2022
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A sustainable new material for carbon dioxide capture
In a joint research study from Sweden, scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and Stockholm University have developed a new material for capturing carbon dioxide. The new material offers many benefits—it is sustainable, ...
Materials Science
Dec 9, 2019
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How drought is affecting water supply in Australia's capital cities
The level of water stored by Australia's capital cities has steadily fallen over the last six years. They are now collectively at 54.6% of capacity—a decline of 30% from 2013.
Environment
Nov 29, 2019
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Epic Games breaks venture capital records in a banner year for North Carolina companies
When Epic Games, the maker of the popular "Fortnite" video game, raised $1.25 billion from investors last year, it made the Cary, N.C.-based company one of the most valuable private companies in the United States.
Business
Apr 3, 2019
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