Call for changes in EU policy to address migrant crisis
A series of proposed changes to EU policy on refugees and migrants has been released by researchers at the University of Warwick.
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2016
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The real value of taking your business offshore
Over the last two decades, an increasing number of companies have set up subsidiaries in offshore financial centres. So why don't they move the entire business, and establish headquarters there too?
Economics & Business
Feb 17, 2016
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Researchers study prevalence, impact of 'serial inventors'
Researchers from Louisiana Tech University have published a study on the prevalence and impacts of "serial inventors" - scientist and engineers within university research communities who are particularly inventive and produce ...
Economics & Business
Feb 17, 2016
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Dynamical systems theory enhances knowledge of Jupiter's atmosphere
Jupiter, which has a mass more than twice that of all the planets combined, continues to fascinate researchers. The planet is characterized most often by its powerful jet streams and Great Red Spot (GRS), the biggest and ...
Space Exploration
Feb 17, 2016
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Toward longer-lasting fragrances
Fragrances can be powerful. They can sooth or revitalize, evoke the forest or sea, and remind us of the past. To capture them, manufacturers infuse scents into products from toilet bowl cleaners to luxury perfumes. But once ...
Materials Science
Feb 17, 2016
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Rolling stones, turbulence connect evolution to physics
A law of physics explaining why larger animals live longer and travel further also extends to the simplest forms of mass migration on the planet—like rolling stones and turbulent eddies in water and air currents, according ...
General Physics
Feb 17, 2016
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Pairing pain medicine with metal ions to battle cancer
Fighting chemoresistant cancer remains a huge challenge that scientists are tackling from as many angles as they can. One alternative approach involves pairing two groups of compounds—pain medicine and metal ions—that ...
Biochemistry
Feb 17, 2016
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The chemistry behind Flint's water crisis
When the city of Flint switched drinking water sources in 2014, it triggered a health emergency as startlingly high levels of lead turned up in the water. An article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine ...
Other
Feb 17, 2016
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Can CRISPR help edit out female mosquitos?
The recent discovery of the first male-determining factor in mosquitoes, combined with the gene-editing capabilities of the CRISPR-Cas9 system, could be used to bias mosquito populations from deadly, blood-sucking females ...
Biotechnology
Feb 17, 2016
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New water samples show lead below US limits in Ohio village
The state Environmental Protection Agency says all the most recent water samples in a northeast Ohio village are below the federal standard for lead.
Environment
Feb 17, 2016
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