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Research: Too much, too little noise turns off consumers, creativity

The sound of silence isn't so golden for consumers, and both marketers and advertisers should take note, says new research from a University of Illinois expert in new product development and marketing.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Crowd workers are not online Shakespeares, but Carnegie Mellon research shows they can write

Writing can be a solitary, intellectual pursuit, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that the task of writing an informational article also can be accomplished by dozens of people working independently ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Our memory of time is shortened when we believe products and events are related

When we believe two events are connected -- such as drinking caffeine and getting a burst of energy -- we tend to compress time, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Color boosts brain performance and receptivity to advertising, depending on task

A new University of British Columbia study reconciles a debate that has long raged among marketers and psychologists: What colour most improves brain performance and receptivity to advertising, red or blue?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Business students better equipped to evaluate peers

Peer evaluation is a touchstone of many business school classes. But does the process of rating the work of one's classmates really shape better businesspeople? A new study from Concordia's John Molson School of Business, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jury deadlocks on key issue in Google-Oracle trial

A federal jury failed to agree on a pivotal issue in Oracle's copyright-infringement case against Google, blunting the impact of its finding that Google relied on another company's technology to build its ...

Technology / Business

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel chemical reaction

(Phys.org) -- A chemical reaction reported by University of Delaware assistant professor Donald Watson and his laboratory group has set the chemistry world abuzz for its creativity and potential utility. 

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (35) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Workforce from the digital cloud

By means of cloud computing, enterprises can access scalable computing power and storage capacity. A people cloud, by contrast, supplies a scalable number of workers via the internet. It is used when non-automated tasks are ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exhibit shows Pompeian life before Vesuvius' wrath

As doomsdays go, few can top Pompeii’s. The volcanic cataclysm of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. buried the vibrant city and many thousands of its residents under layers of ash and rock several feet thick. ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique inspired by elegant pop-up books and origami will soon allow clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Major electric utility buys US Solar Decathlon winner

WaterShed, the international-prize-winning solar house built by University of Maryland students, faculty and professional partners, has found a buyer and a permanent site: Electric service provider Pepco is ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using Hollywood technology to unlock the secret of pianist's sounds

University of Southampton academics are pioneering a new way of using motion capture technology to examine the way pianists play the piano.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How does messiness affect consumer preference for simplicity?

A clean desk might not be all it's cracked up to be. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, messiness can lead consumers toward clearer thinking—especially political conservatives.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Iconic telescope renamed to honor founder of radio astronomy

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most famous radio telescope will become the "Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array" to honor the founder of radio astronomy, the study of the Universe via radio waves naturally emitted ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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