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Therapy 32 times more cost effective at increasing happiness than money

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by the University of Warwick and the University of Manchester finds that psychological therapy could be 32 times more cost effective at making you happy than simply obtaining more money. The research ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3




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Dopant gives graphene solar cells highest efficiency yet

(Phys.org) -- By taking advantage of graphene’s favorable electrical and optical properties, and then adding an organic dopant, researchers have achieved the highest power conversion efficiency yet for ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 14 | with audio podcast feature

Facebook windfall to help California fill budget hole

Facebook's initial public offering will make lots of its staff in California rich -- and should therefore help the perennially cash-strapped state fill a whopping $16 billion budget hole.

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Companies ask: Does advertising on Facebook pay?

(AP) -- Responding to extraordinary demand, Facebook said Wednesday that it would sell more stock in the company's initial public offering. But ahead of the IPO, a debate emerged between two of the nation's ...

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Facebook's $16 billion IPO one of world's largest (Update)

(AP) -- Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes" are worth on Wall Street.

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

WWF says over-consumption threatens planet

The spiralling global population and over-consumption are threatening the future health of the planet, according to conservation group WWF.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 54

Oxygen-separation membranes could aid in CO2 reduction

It may seem counterintuitive, but one way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere may be to produce pure carbon dioxide in powerplants that burn fossil fuels. In this way, greenhouse gases — once isolated ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Canada's Globe and Mail to erect online paywall

Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper has announced plans for an online paywall to generate extra revenue and has also asked staff to take unpaid leave amid an ongoing slide in advertising income.

Technology / Internet

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Majority of college-age kids get help from mom and dad

More than 60 percent of young adults between the ages of 19 and 22 received some financial help from mom and dad, according to a new University of Michigan study. The average amount they received – including help with ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nokia town faces dim future as jobs shift to Asia

(AP) -- Tomi Marjuaho repaired mobile phones for 10 years in the town of Salo in southern Finland, where Nokia, the world's top cell phone-maker, set up its wireless operations in the 1980s.

Technology / Business

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pesticides not sole cause of declining bee numbers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite a growing worldwide clamor to ban pesticides linked to honey bee deaths, multiple factors contribute to the declining honey bee population, not just one class of insecticides, says Extension Apiculturist ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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