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Why policy changes during Obama presidency will be more significant than during Clinton, Reagan eras

Unlike the post-election disappointment that has followed many election outcomes, the Obama presidency will likely break through a structural bias in American politics favoring the status quo and bring about significant changes ...

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Social networks play emerging role in Mexico election

Online social networks, a newcomer in Mexican elections, are making a mark on the country's presidential campaign, forcing candidates to respond to issues and protests enabled by the Internet.

Technology / Internet

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stanford scholars examine big money's influence on elections

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United resulted in an unprecedented wave of independent – and strikingly negative – political advertising.

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India's Infosys shares fall on US probe worries

Shares in Infosys, India's second-largest outsourcing firm, fell four percent in Mumbai on Monday after the firm revealed that US authorities were probing alleged irregularities in its business visas.

Technology / Business

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Simulating strongly correlated fermions opens the door to practical superconductor applications

Combining known factors in a new way, theoretical physicists Boris Svistunov and Nikolai Prokof'ev at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with three alumni of their group, have solved an intractable 50-year-old ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Alleged robo-calling may have significantly impacted voting

In a new paper, a Simon Fraser University economist finds that robo-calling, if the phenomenon did occur, could have significantly influenced voter turnout and ballot results in the last federal election. ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Liquid treasure or trouble? Political scientist explores downside of oil wealth

(PhysOrg.com) -- Oil-rich countries would seem to have won the mineral equivalent of the lottery, tapping into the kind of vast wealth that their counterparts with more diversified economies could only dream of.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

KU researcher: Same-sex marriage bans helped create empathy for change

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Kansas political scientist who has researched gay and lesbian political movements in the United States says states’ statutory bans on same-sex marriages may have helped shift public empathy ...

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created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Voters overrate favorite candidates

(PhysOrg.com) -- If your political candidate of choice falls behind in the polls, will you lose faith in his ability to win? Probably not. A new study from Northwestern University suggests that people tend to believe that ...

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created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple CEO hints company will part with some cash

(AP) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook believes the world's most valuable company has more money than it needs. His next challenge is to figure out whether Apple should break from the cash-hoarding ways of his predecessor, the late ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (7) | comments 10

Obama changed racial identity of black students

(PhysOrg.com) -- Barack Obama's historic election in 2008 stimulated individual and national reflection on race and changed African-American college students' perceptions of being black, reports a new Cornell study published ...

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created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 2


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