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Happy CEOs Make Bigger Profits

13/12/2014

Managers whose language displays an optimistic state of mind are more likely to have a positive influence on their firm's position in the market. ...

Hovver Bovver

13/12/2014

The first time researchers have directly measured the impact of moving visual patterns on free flight in birds. ...

Office Jerks and their Uses

11/12/2014

People do not need to be jerks to have fresh ideas. However, such an attitude helps when you want to steamroll your ideas so that others will accept them...

Carrot or Stick, Which Works?

08/12/2014

A "first carrot, then stick" policy can drive cooperation toward a specific goal...

How Red Wine Stops Cancer

07/12/2014

By alcohol source, the lowest cancer incidence is in people who drank red wine...

Reduce Stress? Check Your Email…. Less.

06/12/2014

Easing up on email checking can help reduce psychological stress....

Breastfeeding Could Save NHS Millions

05/12/2014

The NHS could save more than £40 million a year by increasing the length of time that mothers breastfeed...

Dislocated Shoulder : What Not To Do

04/12/2014

We do not recommend self-setting of shoulder dislocations...

brain by freedigitalphotos.net and ddpavumba

Too Much Memory : Data and the Ageing Brain

03/12/2014

Older individuals take in more at the same time as the stability of their visual perceptual learning declines....

Milk by freedigitalphotos.net and Danilo Rizzuti

Milk’s Longterm Human Legacy

01/12/2014

The milk of all three major dairy livestock--cattle, sheep and goats--has been consumed by human populations for at least 5,000 years...

Exhuming Vampires in Poland. No, REALLY!

30/11/2014

Potential 'vampires' buried in northwestern Poland with sickles and rocks across their bodies were likely local and not immigrants to the region...

A Sound So Loud it Bends Light

29/11/2014

The novel device platform could improve wireless communications systems using optical fibers ...

Dogs : They Hear Ya

28/11/2014

Dogs react to both verbal and speaker-related information and that these components appear to be processed in different areas of the dog's brain...

Bigger WiFi, Broader Broadband

27/11/2014

New WLAN networks might reach communication partners at a distance of several kilometers....

stem cells in a mouse nail by Krzysztof Kobielak lab

Fingernails for Stem Cells

26/11/2014

Nails: the right signals or environmental cues could induce nail stem cells to generate additional types of tissue. Report...

airport by www.freedigitalphotos.net and artur84

Blitzing Your Baggage: Terahertz Screening

25/11/2014

Screening devices using terahertz waves could make public spaces more secure than ever. Report...

Is Screenburn Hereditary?

22/11/2014

Screen time of children is significantly associated with parental screen time...

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Transatlantic Ash Cloud Chaos Imminent

21/11/2014

Another ash-cloud drama could be imminent, this time with consequences for trans-Atlantic as well as European travel. Report...

Teach Yourself to Hear Purple

20/11/2014

A nine-week training programme sees if adults without synaesthesia can develop the key hallmarks of the condition. Report...

Givin’ it Some Verbal. Office Abuse by Gender

19/11/2014

Among the studies that show significant differences, a majority conclude that men are more at risk (11 studies) than women (5 studies)....

Fighting Obesity with Coffee

18/11/2014

Coffee consumption may lower the risk for chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease...

Kissy Kissy Icky Icky – The Microbiology of Snogging

17/11/2014

Researchers calculate that about 80 million bacteria are transferred during a 10 second kiss...

Garlic by Freedigitlphtoos.net and Mister GC

Cold Feet and Garlic Bread – The Hidden Link

16/11/2014

The mechanism in that creates the connection between cold and pain is the same receptor that reacts to the pungent substances in mustard and garlic....

Different Gender, Different Words. How Mothers Talk to Kids

14/11/2014

Parent-child conversations are gendered, with mothers talking more expressively to their daughters than their sons. Report...

Drumsticks by freedigitalphotos.net and hinnamsaisuy

Are You ‘Beat Deaf’?

13/11/2014

Beat-deafness, though very rare, is a problem not simply of how people feel a pulse or move their bodies, but instead, how people synchronize with sounds they hear....