A new study from Carnegie Mellon University suggests that greed, and not the willingness to return the favor, is the main reason people give in to bribery. But the research also finds there are times when the almighty buck ...
Social Sciences
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The UK referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU) may have had as much to do with people's distrust of international organisations as it did fear of immigration.
Social Sciences
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Research from the University of Kent has revealed that walking simulations are blurring the boundaries of different art forms to create a new literary genre.
Software
Feb 12, 2019
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In recent decades, humans have built many dams. These are designed to regulate flow for irrigation, hydropower and water supply. Most major rivers in the world are dammed.
Environment
Feb 12, 2019
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Researchers have developed a new AI-driven platform that can analyse how pathogens infect our cells with the precision of a trained biologist.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 12, 2019
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One hundred and forty nine countries have signed the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948. These signatories present themselves as the authorities who are committed to and entrusted ...
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2019
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Although moderately mobile, marine cone snails have perfected several strategies to capture prey. Some fish-hunting species release venom into the surrounding water. Within the plume of toxic venom, the fish succumbs to fast-acting ...
Biochemistry
Feb 12, 2019
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With massive red doors weighing 350 tonnes each, it takes more than uttering "open sesame" to open the ALICE detector. Behind the doors lie the inner workings of a unique detector built to study the conditions of matter moments ...
General Physics
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The bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori owes its worldwide distribution to its genetic adaptability. LMU microbiologists have identified an enzyme that plays a vital role in the flexible control of global gene expression ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 12, 2019
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Laser physicists have taken snapshots of how C60 carbon molecules react to extremely short pulses of intense infrared light.
Nanophysics
Feb 12, 2019
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