06/01/2016

Businesses break the law to stay competitive

Companies may strategically use corruption to gain a competitive advantage against rivals, according to a new study of formally registered Indian technology firms from the University at Buffalo School of Management.

Intelligent machine tool prototype operates like a 3D printer

A research group led by Professor Shirase Keiichi of the Kobe University Graduate School of Engineering has developed a prototype machine tool that can manufacture metal components and operates like a 3D printer. The prototype ...

Noninvasive solution to wombat conservation

Australia's critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombats might not know it yet, but researchers from The University of Queensland are working on a wee solution to their population problems.

Did famine worsen the Black Death?

When the Black Death swept through Europe in 1347, it was one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human history, eventually killing between a third and half of Europeans.

Cleaning wastewater with pond scum

A blob of algae scooped from a fountain on South Street almost two years ago, has seeded a crop of the green stuff that Drexel University researchers claim is more effective at treating wastewater than many of the processes ...

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