Boeing 737 Max: The FAA wanted a safe plane – but didn't want to hurt America's biggest exporter either
Recent incidents aside, air travel is incredibly safe these days.
Business
Mar 22, 2019
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Step-up or break out: How firms in unstable countries can secure overseas business
Offshoring services providers (OSPs) operating in unstable countries can secure overseas projects and deliver on their promises if they understand the issues overseas clients may have when doing business with OSPs and work ...
Economics & Business
Mar 18, 2019
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In-plane coherent control of plasmon resonances for plasmonic switching and encoding
Light incident on metallic nanoparticles can initiate the collective motion of electrons, causing a strong amplification of the local electromagnetic field. Such plasmonic resonances have significant roles in biosensing with ...
Welcome to your first job: Expect to be underpaid, bullied, harassed or exploited in some way
A teenager's first job can be deeply rewarding, a step towards independence and building skills. But that job may also involve an early taste of exploitative workplace behaviours, including abuse, bullying and harassment.
Social Sciences
Feb 13, 2019
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School homicides have become more common and more deadly, CDC data show
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms what too many students across the country already know: The incidence of mass homicides on school campuses has risen steeply in recent years, as has ...
Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2019
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Drones caused havoc at Gatwick, so why are governments still spending billions on tanks and aircraft carriers?
The disruption caused by reports of drones flying over Gatwick airport in December 2018 was a magnificent illustration of the uselessness of the UK's big-ticket defence spending. The United Kingdom is not short of high-end ...
Political science
Jan 7, 2019
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Novel color sensors are less expensive to manufacture
In the FOWINA project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen and the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC in Würzburg have developed novel color sensors with a special microlens arrangement. ...
Hardware
Dec 3, 2018
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Transition metal complexes: Mixed works better
A team at BESSY II has investigated how various iron-complex compounds process energy from incident light. They were able to show why certain compounds have the potential to convert light into electrical energy. The results ...
Materials Science
Nov 16, 2018
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Eight steps to a stronger cybersecurity strategy
If there's an attack on the country, the military mobilizes. When a natural disaster strikes, recovery plans go into effect. Should an infectious disease start to spread, health officials launch a containment strategy.
Security
Nov 9, 2018
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Are electric fences really the best way to solve human-elephant land conflicts?
Conflict between humans and elephants has reached a crisis point in Kenya. As the elephants have begun to regularly raid farms in search of food, it has become not uncommon for local people to attack and kill them in retaliation. ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2018
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