New research shows conservation initiatives often spread like diseases, helping scientists and policymakers design programmes more likely to be taken up.
Environment
Oct 7, 2019
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New research from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management could upend the approach to sales forecasting for industries from cell phones to cars.
Economics & Business
Jul 8, 2019
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T cells protect the body from foreign substances (known as antigens) and are an essential component of the body's immune system. New immunotherapies that use a patient's own T cells to treat disease have already proven strikingly ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 30, 2018
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Giving early adopters the first access to new technologies can help diffuse those technologies among the masses. A notable example is Google's rollout of Gmail: In 2004, about 1,000 select users were given exclusive access ...
Economics & Business
Jul 13, 2017
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One key goal for renewable energy in the United States is to promote the continued adoption of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a clean energy workforce.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 25, 2017
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Researchers at the University of Exeter and the University of Hamburg investigated how personality is transferred between generations. They found that foster parents have a greater influence on the personalities of fostered ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2013
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(Phys.org) -- Sandia National Laboratories has developed a cost-effective robotic hand that can be used in disarming improvised explosive devices, or IEDs.
Robotics
Aug 15, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- On June 6th World IPv6 Launch Day reminded the world of an industry-wide effort to help accelerate the use of IPv6 and to get websites to enable IPv6 permanently. Reports are coming in from stats-gatherers that ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Historically, diseases tend to spread most quickly when introduced into a crowded environment. The more neighbors there are, the more easily viruses can hop from person to person. More recently, the same ...
Esses are everywhere. From economic trends, population growth, the spread of cancer, or the adoption of new technology, certain patterns inevitably seem to emerge. A new technology, for example, begins with slow acceptance, ...
General Physics
Jul 20, 2011
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