News tagged with favorable outcomes
Drug trials funded by industry are more likely to publish favorable results
When published results are systematically tracked for drug trials registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, those from industry-funded trials are the likeliest to be favorable to the drug in question, report researchers at Children's ...
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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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May 22, 2012 |
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Facebook, Yahoo! patent battle heats up (Update)
A legal battle between Yahoo! and Facebook heated up Friday with the floundering Internet pioneer accusing the rising social network star of buying patents just to retaliate in court.
Apr 27, 2012 |
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Does the quantum wave function represent reality?
(Phys.org) -- At the heart of quantum mechanics lies the wave function, a probability function used by physicists to understand the nanoscale world. Using the wave function, physicists can calculate a system's ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Subconsciously, we echo the speech of superiors
(Phys.org) -- Want to know who holds the power? Just listen carefully, preferably with a little help from a computer. Research at Cornell shows that people speaking to someone of perceived superior status often unconsciously ...
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Apr 24, 2012 |
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Georgia Tech researchers address bus bunching
As any city dweller knows, buses are rarely on time. It’s typical to wait a while, only to have several buses show up one after another, a phenomenon known as bus bunching.
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Research shows that weakness can be an advantage in surviving deadly parasites
When battling an epidemic of a deadly parasite, less resistance can sometimes be better than more, a new study suggests.
Mar 29, 2012 |
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International study estimates ocean value
Professor Robert Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, is a co-editor of "Valuing the Ocean" a major new study by an international team of scientists and economists that attempts to ...
Mar 22, 2012 |
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UC research tests new tool to guide reintroduction of the American chestnut
The death of the American Chestnut due to an Asian bark fungus accidentally introduced to the United States had profound environmental and economic consequences since the tree was highly valued for its strong, ...
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Pants on fire: When consumers lie to service providers
Is honesty the best policy? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers who lie during a service encounter are more satisfied than truth tellers when they get what they want.
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Mar 15, 2012 |
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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.
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Mar 01, 2012 |
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