Friend or foe? Civilian drones stir debate
Drones: A flying technological marvel that could save lives or a sinister robot spy which edges the United States ever closer towards becoming a surveillance society?
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Restaurant customers who pay more perceive the food as tastier
Restaurateurs take note—by cutting your prices, you may be cutting how much people will like your food.
Social Sciences
Apr 30, 2014
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World Wars camouflage technique could have benefits in modern warfare
Painting army vehicles with high contrast geometric patterns - 'dazzle camouflage' - affects the perception of their speed and thus could make them less susceptible to rocket propelled grenade attacks, according to new research ...
Other
Jun 1, 2011
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Discovering the impact of the horse meat scandal using social media
Cardiff University researchers will discover public perceptions of the recent horse meat scandal for the first time by analysing social media data.
Social Sciences
Aug 8, 2014
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Mobile scan and pay technology could promote supermarket theft, study suggests
Allowing customers to scan products and pay for them using their own mobile phones or iPads is becoming an increasingly common sight in retail outlets.
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2016
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How does context affect consumer judgment?
Research into why people look favorably on a product shows that—as in real life—everything is relative. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, what we think of a product or brand, or how positively ...
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2010
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Surveying public support for plans to combat nutrient depletion in a large inland sea
Human activities can drastically alter the nutrient balance in ecosystems, causing long-lasting problems for wildlife. Coastal oligotrophication, the process by which a coastal ecosystem becomes progressively less enriched ...
Ecology
Sep 13, 2023
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A horse's eye view: does a pony see what we see?
Ever wonder how animals see the world? New research suggests that animals, or mammals at least, see the world the same way humans do. In a study published in the Nov. 25th issue of Biology Letters, researchers from Japan ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 30, 2015
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Human gender roles influence research on animals
In a recent study published in Animal Behavior, biology researchers Kristina Karlsson Green and Josefin Madjidian at Lund University in Sweden have shown that animals' and plants' traits and behavior in sexual conflicts are ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 18, 2011
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Why some red wines taste 'dry'
Wine connoisseurs can easily discriminate a dry red wine, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, from a fruitier red, like Pinot Noir. Scientists have long linked the "dryness" sensation in wine to tannins, but how these molecules create ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 8, 2019
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