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Leading Republicans see costly malpractice crisis -- experts don't

by Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News   @CNNMoney January 8, 2017: 7:21 PM ET















As top Republicans see it, a medical malpractice crisis is threatening U.S. health care: Frivolous lawsuits are driving up malpractice insurance premiums and forcing physicians out of business....

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The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself

When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his first inaugural address on March 4, 1933, he was advising an anxious nation that fear itself was the enemy. A feeling of despair was settling across America, causing a run on banks, a precipitous rise in unemployment, and a sharp drop in...

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Putting People to Work Is a Good Thing -- And a Good Investment

George R. Roberts, the co-founder of investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., recently wrote a piece in The Wall Street Journal about how social enterprise business entities are putting millions of Americans back to work. Those people would otherwise be locked out of the labor...

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I Finally Understand Why Most Small Businesses Don't Succeed

It finally occurred to me the other day why many small businesses don’t succeed. It is so obvious, I have no idea why it took me so long to draw this conclusion.
The reason that small businesses fail is because running a successful business has nothing to do with what your business...

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5 Lessons I Learned While Developing My Product

By Sara Rose Anderson, Britelites
A few years ago, after my daughter was born, I considered getting a serious makeover. Nine months of pregnancy will do that to you. Funky colors were calling my name but there was no way I could pull off blue hair at my conservative office job. My stylist...

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Make Money or Help Others? What My MBA Taught Me About Being 'Different'

While traveling for work, I sat next to a 26-year-old woman on a plane to Austin, Texas. She helped me relive a moment from my past that continues to be a reminder of the importance of being comfortable with who you are, especially if what you believe makes you “different.”
As...

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10 Tips for Conveying Confidence - Fake It Till You Make It

By Michael Solomon, 10x Management Co-Founder
When you want to succeed, conveying confidence is key. This is true if you are trying to land a dream job or a great freelance contract, meet that new girl or guy, or just about anything else that involves making a good impression on another...

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Businessweek Shows Aged Obama On Next Cover (PHOTO)

Businessweek continued its streak of attention-getting covers on Wednesday by portraying President Obama as a much older man for its next issue.
“The opposition remains considerable, and no matter how successful he is, the hardest job in the world will take its toll,” the editors...

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How to Use Google Shopping to Grow Your Business

All businesses know the power of Google – its search engine results can bring you customers that are actively searching for what you’re selling. But have you heard of Google Shopping?
You may have noticed thumbnail images of specific products that show up when you search for...

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Creating a Social Mission from Scratch: A Conversation with Neil Blumenthal

As Founder and Executive Director of goods for good, I have always been inspired by individuals and companies that share my commitment to taking a creative, sustainable approach to international development. With this in mind, it is my pleasure to chat with Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and...

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5 Tips For Creating An Effective Logo Design For Your Brand

For a lot of companies, a strong logo is what customers associate with your brand. Successful logo designs act as a recognizable symbol for your brand, and helps your valued customers identify your products and services. When it comes to branding, the right logo design is a quintessential...

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Bloomberg Businessweek's Hottest Female MBA Students Survey Pulled Following Backlash

No one selects MBA programs based on the hotness of their female students, so a Bloomberg Businessweek ranking of schools based on that criteria is a bit of a joke, right? Or has a heated election cycle cast the practice in a new light?
It’s a story that the magazine has posted in the...

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Do You See Faces in Everyday Objects?

By Alex Regenstreich, Iseefacestoo
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust
I launched my business on Shopify to share images of faces found in everyday objects. This is why I did it.
Standing in...

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Social Leadership: Are We There Yet?

This article is co-authored by Dorie Clark and Zen Yinger.
Over the past few years, the use of social media has ceased to be seen as “cutting edge” or “innovative,” and has simply become a core part of how companies communicate and do business. In our recent...

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Business Freedom: What Does It Mean?

It’s Monday… again.How does that make you feel?
I remember years where Monday would roll around and I’d feel like “well, I should get out of bed and I should get to work. I should serve my clients to the best of my ability, I should get through the day, and then I...

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Three Ways to Buy an Established Online Business

Large brands used to have a massive retail-environment advantage over mom-and-pop companies because of their distribution. Now, the playing field is even, thanks to the internet. You don’t have to be a national brand these days to build a million-dollar online business.
A solid product,...

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Businessweek Cover Uses GIF For Snapchat Story (PHOTO)

GIFs — they’re everywhere, even the latest issue of Businessweek.
The magazine’s latest cover story is all about Snapchat, a photo app that lets users send pictures that disappear within ten seconds after opening. The cover photos feature a woman and a man taking pictures of...

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How to Scale Your Business (Fast!) After a Runaway Crowdfunding Campaign

By Liz Downey, Foodie Dice
Last year, my sister moved to California to start a business with me. We didn’t know what we were going to do, but we liked the idea of working together. When she first got here, we created an adventure box with different day trips on little pieces of...

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Mainstreaming Sustainability: Business Imperatives for Making Sustainability Matter

One of the toughest things I’ve had to consider is whether sustainability really matters to companies in a fundamental way. Not too long ago, an executive I very much respect, advised me not to develop a career in sustainability because I would always find myself at the periphery of a...

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The Real Difference Between Leaders And Managers: One Is Going Extinct

It’s popular to make a distinction between “managers” and “leaders.” For example, if you were to type “difference between managers and leaders” into Google, you’d get over 20,000 results. (Try it out.) People love to discuss and debate this...

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How to Grow Your Online Business When You Don't Have Any Money

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How I Shamelessly Exploited Twitter (and Don't Anymore)

Five years ago, I was the Twitter guy at BusinessWeek. I wandered around the the offices telling colleagues to tweet. Now, as the new Twitter stock soars, I barely tweet anymore. The reason: Much as I’d like to, I don’t participate anymore in the “nugget...

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5 Social Media Marketing Tips for Your Ecommerce Website

Social media is now an integral part of almost every consumer’s online habits. Statistics abound about it’s popularity and it’s potential as a means of driving new visitors to your website, yet many businesses are still failing to turn their social media efforts into...

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The Business of Social Influence

Social influence is one of those gray areas in the Digital Era. Many lay claim to the ability to influence as a call to attention, even inserting the title of ‘influencer’ in their tagline, while constantly marking their territory in the online forums. Who has the power to...

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Decoding Networking: How to Start Networking (and Succeed!)

At Global Professionals Practicum (GPP), where we help clients build professional relationships and networks, I’m often asked about how to start networking. While many professionals recognize networking is important, they aren’t sure where to start or what best practices will...

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Bitcoin Is A Twisted Fantasy, Like This Beautiful Unicorn

Bloomberg Businessweek’s latest cover is probably one of the most effective illustrations we’ve seen of the madness of Bitcoin.

Cover story: The Bitcoin-mining arms race heats up | http://t.co/r4cp3vKx4S pic.twitter.com/hQ3PxpjYCT
— Businessweek (@BW) January 9, 2014
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Senior Entrepreneurs Play a Vital Role

CBS’s 60 Minutes recently aired a wonderful story about people over the age of 90 who are still very active, called “Living To 90 And Beyond.” I absolutely loved the piece because it showed how older people can enjoy energetic and productive lifestyles despite their...

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The Power of Vision | HuffPost

Not all visions are equal. Some never get beyond the ‘motherhood and apple pie’ stage – good ideas that unleash no energy for change. Others transform the world.
“There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come,” said Victor Hugo one hundred and...

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This Ice Cream Museum Was Made For Instagram

New York is no stranger to weird museums. There’s the Museum of Sex, the Morbid Anatomy Museum, hell, we even had a Museum of Feelings at one point.


A museum dedicated to ice cream was bound to make an appearance at some point.


The brainchild of Manhattan socialites Manish Vora and...

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This Call May Be Monitored for Quality Control

Funny how everyone talks about how important workers are to companies, but no one seems to do anything about it.
You’d think this was something difficult to achieve. But it’s not a difficult concept: treat people well, value their contributions, praise them, let them have a...

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8 Ways to Build an Epic Business Idea

Ideas are everywhere! Some of the best and brightest business ideas have come from people just going about their daily lives and finding inspiration. Other people say, “I wish this product or that company would do this,” and thus a new business is born.
So how do you develop an...

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Uber, Netflix and Reddit: 2016 Business Lessons

My daughter is an enthusiastic fan of Uber, Netflix and Reddit. As what social marketers like to call a “brand ambassador,” she has led me to consider and then use all three services during the past couple of years. Every business can learn from these success stories.
After...

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Small Businesses Can Make a Big Impact on the Economy

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Being a small business owner is challenging. Small business owners come from a variety of backgrounds, each with their own reasons for pursuing self-employment. Oftentimes they’re independently owned and operated and have few...

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How to Create an Online Business in Your Spare Time

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Entrepreneur Network partner Greg Rollett often hears that there simply isn’t enough time in the day to build an online business while...

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Businessweek Wedges 'Sleazy' American Apparel CEO In Some Deep Cleavage

Dov Charney landed right where he wants to be on this week’s cover of Bloomberg Businessweek.
The magazine hitting newsstands Friday morning pictures the ousted American Apparel CEO, infamous for his salacious behavior, photoshopped into the cleavage of a woman wearing a dark red top. The...

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Shopify's Build-A-Business Competition Winners Revealed

There’s only one way to get over your fear of failure — to fail. Maybe more than once.
The 10 winners of Shopify‘s fourth annual Build-A-Business Competition are all entrepreneurs who weren’t afraid to fail.
Eight months ago, we challenged people to launch a brand...

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Things I Know To Be True About Craft Chocolate & Small Business: As The Dust Settles On Mast-Gate

In a twist of the Mark Twain quip I conclude that, “The news of [craft chocolate’s] demise has been greatly exaggerated.”
Much has been written in response to the Mast Brothers scandal (or what our team refers to as “Mast-gate”). Nearly every perspective,...

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Why Failure is the Key to Your Success

I realise that may sound counter-intuitive or juxtaposed to the conventional wisdom of rationality but failure is almost always the only constant that can be conclusively witnessed as a precursor when taking a broad overview of histories paradigm shifts, evolution of product or introduction...

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Powerful new photodetector can enable optoelectronics advances -- ScienceDaily

In today’s increasingly powerful electronics, tiny materials are a must as manufacturers seek to increase performance without adding bulk.

Smaller also is better for optoelectronic devices — like camera sensors or solar cells — which collect light and convert it to...

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Discovery of nanosheets with the highest ever hydroxyl ion conductivity -- ScienceDaily

A NIMS research group led by associate principal investigator Renzhi Ma and director Takayoshi Sasaki of the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) discovered that layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets have exceptionally high hydroxyl ion (OH–) conductivity (as...

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'Smart' transformers could make reliable smart grid a reality -- ScienceDaily

A new study using complex computational models finds that smart solid-state transformers (SSTs) could be used to make a stable, reliable “smart grid” — allowing the power distribution system to route renewable energy from homes and businesses into the power grid.

The idea...

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Could concrete help solve the problem of air pollution? -- ScienceDaily

New research reveals that sulfur dioxide, a major contributor to air pollution, is removed from the air by concrete surfaces. Stony Brook University researcher Alex Orlov, PhD, and colleagues discovered how concrete interacts and eliminates sulfur and nitrogen oxides. Their findings,...

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Bloomberg Businessweek Cover Shows A Chilled Out Obama Who's 'Too Cool' For Crisis

Bloomberg Businessweek had one goal for this week’s cover featuring President Obama and his handling of issues like Ebola, Gaza, the Islamic State and health care.
To show readers that “Obama is too cool for crisis management.”
So what does that look like?

Of course....

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New material may help cut battery costs for electric cars, cellphones -- ScienceDaily

In the battle of the batteries, lithium-ion technology is the reigning champion, powering that cellphone in your pocket as well as an increasing number of electric vehicles on the road.

But a novel manganese and sodium-ion-based material developed at The University of Texas at Dallas, in...

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Start Early to Be an Entrepreneur

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain
July is the month when NFL football teams open their preseason training camps. Hundreds of young men compete for coveted roster spots, and it’s safe to say most started playing football back in grade...

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Classical mechanics helps control quantum computers -- ScienceDaily

Quantum technology is seen as an important future-oriented technology: smaller, faster and with higher performance than conventional electronics. However, exploiting quantum effects is difficult because nature’s smallest building blocks have properties quite distinct from those we know...

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Looking for a Trip That Gives Back?

Tourists from around the world visit northern Thailand to experience the majesty of elephants in their natural environment. For many it is the highlight of their Asian trip and interacting with, bathing, feeding and riding the elephants is a once in a lifetime experience. However, it often...

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9 Habits Of Highly Emotionally Intelligent People

When emotional intelligence first appeared to the masses, it threw a massive wrench into what many people had always assumed was the sole source of success–IQ.
How much of an impact does emotional intelligence (EQ) have on your personal and professional success? The short answer is: a...

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Smarter control for border patrol -- ScienceDaily

As the United States expands surveillance technologies on, above and below its 1,900-mile-long border with Mexico, operating them effectively grows more challenging.

Systems and industrial engineers at the University of Arizona are building a framework for border surveillance that uses...

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Undersea life holds promise for killing tuberculosis -- ScienceDaily

A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida has discovered a potential new weapon in the fight against tuberculosis, and it lives in the Little Mermaid’s realm.

UCF graduate student Carolina Rodrigues Felix led the study in UCF Assistant Professor Kyle Rohde’s lab....

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Novel PET tracer detects small blood clots -- ScienceDaily

Blood clots in veins and arteries can lead to heart attack, stroke, and pulmonary embolism, which are major causes of mortality. In the featured article of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine‘s (JNM) July 2017 issue, German researchers show that targeting GPIIb/IIIa receptors, the key...

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High efficiency perovskite PV films with meniscus-assisted technique -- ScienceDaily

A new low-temperature solution printing technique allows fabrication of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with large crystals intended to minimize current-robbing grain boundaries. The meniscus-assisted solution printing (MASP) technique boosts power conversion efficiencies to nearly 20...

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Recruiting manganese to upgrade carbon dioxide -- ScienceDaily

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is known as a greenhouse gas and plays an essential role in climate change; it is no wonder scientists have been looking for solutions to prevent its release in the environment. However, as a cheap, readily available and non-toxic carbon source, in the past few years...

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First demo of patented technology smartphone app aims to eliminate counterfeiting -- ScienceDaily

Counterfeit products are a huge problem — from medicines to car parts, fake technology costs lives.

Every year, imports of counterfeited and pirated goods around the world cost nearly US $0.5 trillion in lost revenue.
Counterfeit medicines alone cost the industry over US $200 billion...

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Surveying sea floor animals for offshore renewable energy -- ScienceDaily

There is growing interest in developing offshore wind and wave energy facilities in the Pacific Northwest. But not much is known about the sediment and animal life along the sea floor in the region.

That presents a problem for renewable energy companies because they need to consider...

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Four Corners potato previously unknown part of ancient human diet -- ScienceDaily

The town of Escalante in southern Utah is no small potatoes when it comes to scientific discovery; a new archaeological finding within its borders may rewrite the story of tuber domestication.

Researchers from the Natural History Museum of Utah and Red Butte Garden at the University of Utah...

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Why It's Actually Easy to Start an Online Business

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Illinois' Business Climate Needs a Re-start, Says Business Leader

With the election of a businessman-turned-governor in Governor-elect Bruce Rauner, Elliot Richardson, president of the Small Business Advocacy Council of Illinois, hopes business and small business owners will have an important part in shaping the state’s policy in the coming year....

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Ferroelectric polarization induces electronic nonlinearity in ion-doped conducting polymers -- ScienceDaily

Printed electronic transistor circuits and displays, in which the colour of individual pixels can be changed, are two of many applications of ground-breaking research at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University. New groundbreaking results on these topics have been published...

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8 Ecommerce Mistakes that are Costing You Sales

Converting visitors to buyers is one of the most important components of a successful ecommerce business because increasing this conversion rate has a direct effect on sales revenue. The following are the 8 most common ecommerce mistakes that relate to sales conversion and by successfully...

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Neutrons detect elusive Higgs amplitude mode in quantum material -- ScienceDaily

A team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has used sophisticated neutron scattering techniques to detect an elusive quantum state known as the Higgs amplitude mode in a two-dimensional material.

The Higgs amplitude mode is a condensed matter cousin of the...

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The Frontlines of a Mexican Dream: Doubling the Income of 10 Million People

“I am from Mexico.” This a phrase that at least most of my friends and close community are very proud of. As Mexicans and Latinos, we are constantly described as cheerful (and noisy) people, with a free and energetic spirit with tons of hopes and dreams to come true. Accurately,...

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4 Reasons You Need to Be on LinkedIn

LinkedIn is the largest professional network in the world. Over 467 million people have accounts on the site, and more are joining every day.
Roughly a quarter of these members log in regularly each month, but why? What is the real value of LinkedIn? If these are questions that you have...

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It is expected to be used in the development of new drugs to treat brain diseases such as epilepsy syndrome -- ScienceDaily

A research team led by Professor Sohee Kim at the Robotics Engineering department succeeded in measuring zebrafish’s multi-channel electroencephalogram (EEG) on June 12 (Mon) for the first time in the world.

DGIST Professor Sohee Kim’s research team carried out a joint research...

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Melanin-linked skin conditions: Breakthrough -- ScienceDaily

Spots resulting from too much sun exposure and other effects of dysfunctional melanin production may become a thing of the past. Scientists have solved the structure of one of the three enzymes that generate melanin in humans, opening doors to the design of whitening compounds to remove...

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3D-printed robot aims to fight cancer -- ScienceDaily

The world’s smallest and most accurate 3D-printed biopsy robot was revealed last week.

The Stormram 4, as the robot is named, is made from 3D-printed plastic and is driven by air pressure. The advantage of plastic is that the robot can be used in an MRI scanner. Carrying out a biopsy...

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2-D layered devices can self-assemble with precision -- ScienceDaily

Squid-inspired proteins can act as programmable assemblers of 2D materials, like graphene oxide, to form hybrid materials with minute spacing between layers suitable for high-efficiency devices including flexible electronics, energy storage systems and mechanical actuators, according to an...

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Researchers devise way to reduce the amount of enzymes needed to convert biomass into biofuels -- ScienceDaily

Biofuels like the ethanol in U.S. gasoline could get cheaper thanks to experts at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Michigan State University.

They’ve demonstrated how to design and genetically engineer enzyme surfaces so they bind less to corn stalks and other cellulosic biomass,...

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A new source of sustainable biomaterials -- ScienceDaily

Over 7 million tonnes of mollusc shells are discarded by the seafood industry each year as unwanted waste — and the vast majority of these shells are either thrown in landfills or dumped at sea. Dr James Morris and a team of CACHE researchers from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural...

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With 885 million consumers exposed to health risks, study calls for urgent investments in improved sanitation -- ScienceDaily

The use of untreated wastewater from cities to irrigate crops downstream is 50 percent more widespread than previously thought, according to a new study published this week in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

The study relies on advanced modeling methods to provide the first truly...

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Darko Dodig fled Sarajevo with his family to escape the chaos of the Bosnian War. When they arrived in Canada in 1996, he was in fifth grade. 
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Bloomberg Unveils New 'Flagship' Platform, Bloomberg Business

Despite a number of delays and setbacks over the past several months, on Tuesday night Bloomberg L.P. successfully launched its highly anticipated “flagship digital destination,” Bloomberg Business.
The site is intended to serve as a central hub for all of Bloomberg’s media...

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Record laser on chip created -- ScienceDaily

Working in collaboration with the Lionix company, researchers from the University of Twente’s MESA+ research institute have developed the world’s most narrowband diode laser on a chip. This laser represents a breakthrough in the fast-growing field of photonics, and will bring...

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An Inside Peek at The Huffington Post

Earlier this month, the Huffington Post newsroom opened its doors to 10 successful startups.
Those entrepreneurs were winners of Shopify’s Build A Business Competition, and part of their prize package included a tour of 770 Broadway where Huffington Post’s magic happens.
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Four Reasons Why Solutions Journalism is Making the World a Better Place

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The general perception is that the news industry focuses on negative news because a journalist’s job is to highlight the problems and catastrophes of the world and give a voice to the under trodden. It is thought that stories about...

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20 Photos Show What 'Beauty' Looks Like Around The World

One woman is going around the world in an effort to challenge unrealistic beauty standards. 


After three years of working as a fashion photographer, Sara Melotti began to feel like she was contributing to the damaging and problematic beauty standards found in mainstream media. So she...

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Neurotech experts call for new measures to ensure brain-controlled devices are beneficial and safe -- ScienceDaily

As brain-controlled robots enter everyday life, an article published in Science states that now is the time to take action and put in place guidelines that ensure the safe and beneficial use of direct brain-machine interaction.

Accountability, responsibility, privacy and security are all key...

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Artificial bile ducts grown in lab and transplanted into mice could help treat liver disease -- ScienceDaily

Cambridge scientists have developed a new method for growing and transplanting artificial bile ducts that could in future be used to help treat liver disease in children, reducing the need for liver transplantation.

In research published in the journal Nature Medicine, the researchers grew...

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Project disperses single atoms on graphene to match platinum standard -- ScienceDaily

Rice University scientists have fabricated a durable catalyst for high-performance fuel cells by attaching single ruthenium atoms to graphene.

Catalysts that drive the oxygen reduction reaction that lets fuel cells turn chemical energy into electricity are usually made of platinum, which...

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5 Steps to Creating and Monetizing a Million-Dollar Online Business

If you believed every advertisement in your Facebook news feed selling the entrepreneurial dream, you would think that everyone and their brother is creating million-dollar online businesses while traveling the world or floating in their pool.
Now, I’m not saying every one of these courses...

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What Part of a Complete Breakfast?

In the latest educational music video for kids produced by my non-profit, my own 15-year-old son, our front man, essentially asks the question: if multicolored marshmallows in a cereal box are part of a complete breakfast, what part IS that?
By posing the question, I think he is also...

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New class of 'soft' semiconductors could transform HD displays -- ScienceDaily

A new type of semiconductor may be coming to a high-definition display near you. Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that a class of semiconductor called halide perovskites is capable of emitting multiple, bright...

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Economic Forces Are Mightier Than the Sword

There is no question that the world is in turmoil. Every day we are bombarded with depressing news that ranges from disturbing to shocking. This endless repetition in the headlines is reminiscent of the movie “Groundhog Day.”
The amazing thing we learn from history is that there...

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A Flat World Creates Social Business and Education Imperatives

Co-authored by Heather E. McGowan, MBA
How fitting for Becker College to welcome Muhammad Yunus on April 5 as the keynote speaker in the second installment of our emerging Presidential Speaker Series. He and Pulitzer Prize columnist and author, Thomas Friedman, the speaker at our...

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A Real-Life School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry Is Opening Next Year

For many Harry Potter fans, our 11th birthdays were inexpressibly sad. We had hoped against hope that our Hogwarts acceptance letters might arrive, so we could join our magical friends at the school of our dreams. Of course, our hopes were dashed. As everyone knows, Voldemort wiped out the...

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Exciting new material developed by Swansea scientists uses solar energy to remove man-made dye pollutants from water -- ScienceDaily

A novel composite material has been developed by scientists in the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University which shows promise as a catalyst for the degradation of environmentally-harmful synthetic dye pollutants, which are released at a rate of nearly 300,000 tonnes a...

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Cellulosic biofuels can benefit the environment if managed correctly -- ScienceDaily

Could cellulosic biofuels — or liquid energy derived from grasses and wood — become a green fuel of the future, providing an environmentally sustainable way of meeting energy needs? In Science, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy-funded Great Lakes Bioenergy Research...

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Self-powered system makes smart windows smarter -- ScienceDaily

Smart windows equipped with controllable glazing can augment lighting, cooling and heating systems by varying their tint, saving up to 40 percent in an average building’s energy costs.

These smart windows require power for operation, so they are relatively complicated to install in...

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'Solarsack' cleans water with heat from sunlight, cheaply and effectively -- ScienceDaily

Two Danish students have developed “SolarSack” for inexpensive and environmentally friendly water purification. The concept was tested in villages, refugee camps and slums in East Africa where it will be marketed.

Anders Løcke and Louise Ullmann, who study Architecture and Design...

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New innovation feeds the world with more fish protein -- ScienceDaily

As the world faces a projected population increase from today’s 7.5 billion people to 9 billion people by 2050, the demand for sustainable food sources is on the rise. The answer to this looming dilemma may well reside within the booming field of aquaculture. While wild fisheries have...

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The viruses reach their targets via the bloodstream and could be used to treat neural disorders -- ScienceDaily

Viruses have evolved to be highly effective vehicles for delivering genes into cells. Seeking to take advantage of these traits, scientists can reprogram viruses to function as vectors, capable of carrying their genetic cargo of choice into the nuclei of cells in the body. Such vectors have...

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9 Crucial Tips to Protect Your Small Business From Credit Card Fraud

Processing credit cards for your small business is pretty much a given these days. Unfortunately, cyber-criminals are well aware of the increase usage of credit card payments. Nielsen expects that by 2020, credit card fraud will result in over $31 billion in losses.
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'The IRS Sucks,' Declares Businessweek

Paying taxes bites. Collecting them is worse.
That’s the message of this week’s cover story in Bloomberg Businessweek, which hits newsstands on Friday.
Over the past five years, the Internal Revenue Service’s budget was slashed by $1.2 billion. The agency lost 11 percent of its employees....

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Spinning electrons open the door to future hybrid electronics -- ScienceDaily

A discovery of how to control and transfer spinning electrons paves the way for novel hybrid devices that could outperform existing semiconductor electronics. In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers at Linkoping University in Sweden demonstrate how to combine a commonly...

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Early Influences Can Open Up the Future

Entrepreneurs not only provide us with critical innovation and keep us at the forefront of global markets, they also create ways to gain financial independence. So why has the percentage of start-ups in the U.S. dropped significantly in the last 35 years? This is particularly worrisome in...

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How Positive Innovation is Shaping Business Today

Businesses must adapt simultaneously to two growing trends. On the one hand, innovation is being placed in the spotlight more than ever, a phenomenon which is being accentuated by the development of new technologies, among other factors. Companies are required to alter their industrial and...

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21 Addictive Web Series That Prove Anyone Can Make A Great TV Show

There’s never been more great TV being created, but there’s also never been more binge-watching. So what do you do when you’re waiting for a new episode of “Atlanta” and you’ve already burned through the archives of “Game of Thrones,” “Broad City,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Orange Is...

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Potential new target identified -- ScienceDaily

A newly described protein could be an effective target for combatting drug-resistant malaria parasites. The protein, the transcription factor PfAP2-I, regulates a number of genes involved with the parasite’s invasion of red blood cells, a critical part of the parasite’s complex...

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Ingredient found in soap can alter 'wettability' of your skin -- ScienceDaily

It’s possible to alter the wettability of your skin using an ingredient commonly found in cosmetic cleaners, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

The outermost layer of human skin acts as a protective barrier between underlying living...

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Pushing metals to their limits -- ScienceDaily

Modern aircraft and power generation turbines depend on precision-machined parts that can withstand harsh mechanical forces in high-temperature environments. In many cases, higher operating temperatures lead to more efficient performance. This motivates the search for new...

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Solving a sweet problem for renewable biofuels and chemicals -- ScienceDaily

Whether or not society shakes its addiction to oil and gasoline will depend on a number of profound environmental, geopolitical and societal factors.

But with current oil prices hovering around $50 dollars a barrel, it won’t likely be anytime soon.
Despite several major national...

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Biodegradable cleaning products and eco-friendly plastics from mushroom waste -- ScienceDaily

More than 50,000 tonnes of mushroom waste are generated in Europe each week, posing an environmental challenge for the main industries that market this product worldwide. The University of Alicante Research Group in Polymer and Nanomaterial Analysis (NANOBIOPOL) participate in the European...

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Cow gait images allow early detection of serious diseases -- ScienceDaily

Dairy farmers are busy with routines such as cleaning cowsheds, milking, and feeding, so it’s very difficult to determine the condition of cows. If this continues, they will remain too busy to ensure the quantity and quality of milk and dairy products. A group of researchers led by...

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Scientists build technology that could lead to rapid discovery of new medicines and biomarkers hidden in genomes -- ScienceDaily

Discovering the function of a gene requires cloning a DNA sequence and expressing it. Until now, this was performed on a one-gene-at-a-time basis, causing a bottleneck. Scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Medical School...

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What Trump's Link to Red Bull Tells Us About His Potential as a Winning Brand

Consumers are interesting creatures. Having spent my career as a branding professional figuring out how to get into the heads of consumers I can say this with great authority. Once you do get into their heads, you’ll find, in addition to myriad things physiological and emotional,...

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Graphene and terahertz waves could lead the way to future communication -- ScienceDaily

By utilizing terahertz waves in electronics, future data traffic can get a big boost forward. So far, the terahertz (THz) frequency has not been optimally applied to data transmission, but by using graphene, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have come one step closer to a...

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The Power of One | HuffPost

“The door of opportunity is always marked PUSH.” — BOB GASS

Every day the headlines are alarming. As we usher in 2015, domestic news about street demonstrations, data breaches, minimum wage protests, and corporate misdeeds dominate the media. Americans are feeling...

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Disruptive breakthrough for photonic quantum information science -- ScienceDaily

With leading corporations now investing in highly expensive and complex infrastructures to unleash the power of quantum technologies, INRS researchers have achieved a breakthrough in a light-weight photonic system created using on-chip devices and off-the-shelf telecommunications components....

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Ten Social Business Lessons from Warren Buffett

The recently completed Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting (#BRK2016) in Omaha offers lessons for integrating social media into business strategy.

1. Be patient. Warren Buffett joined Twitter just before the 2013 annual meeting during a live television broadcast. He has tweeted only eight...

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The Role of Entrepreneurship in Job Creation and Economic Growth

In the United States, small businesses are often called the backbone of the economy. Policies that encourage the growth of small businesses and the role of entrepreneurship in the market are considered to be healthy for the economy at large. What is the link between entrepreneurship and job...

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New study suggests GGTI-2418 can block one specific protein from binding to and degrading another protein known for killing cancer cells. -- ScienceDaily

A collaboration between Saïd M. Sebti, Ph.D., chair of Moffitt Cancer Center’s Drug Discovery Department, and Michele Pagano, M.D., chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at New York University’s Langone Medical Center, led to the publication of an...

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Noninvasive approach to drug delivery for next generation brain therapies uses ultrasound and bubbles -- ScienceDaily

Your brain is armored. It lives in a box made of bones with a security system of vessels. These vessels protect the brain and central nervous system from harmful chemicals circulating in the blood. Yet this protection system — known as the blood-brain barrier — also prevents...

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Textiles made from synthetic fibers release microfibers -- ScienceDaily

The presence of microplastics in our wastewater can be attributed primarily to two factors. Firstly, many cosmetic products, such as toothpaste, creams, shower gels, and peelings, contain tiny pieces of plastic in order to achieve a mechanical cleaning effect. Secondly, microplastics are...

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Researchers take a nonintuitive approach to metal catalysis for selective conversion of biomass into high-value chemical products under mild conditions -- ScienceDaily

The uncertain future of oil feedstocks and environmental pressure are forcing the chemical industry to adapt and find new renewable sources to sustain its activities. Biomass from sources including wood, agricultural waste, and even human garbage, represents a widely available renewable...

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X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy under real ambient pressure conditions -- ScienceDaily

Researchers at Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Innovation Research Center for Fuel Cells, University of Electro-Communications, Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, and JASRI (Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute), have improved an ambient-pressure...

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A 100-year-old physics problem has been solved -- ScienceDaily

At EPFL, researchers challenge a fundamental law and discover that more electromagnetic energy can be stored in wave-guiding systems than previously thought. The discovery has implications in telecommunications. Working around the fundamental law, they conceived resonant and wave-guiding...

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System of quadcopters that fly and drive suggest another approach to developing flying cars -- ScienceDaily

Being able to both walk and take flight is typical in nature — many birds, insects, and other animals can do both. If we could program robots with similar versatility, it would open up many possibilities: Imagine machines that could fly into construction areas or disaster zones that...

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China, India, Arabian peninsula -- ScienceDaily

Global solar energy production is taking a major hit due to air pollution and dust.

According to a new study, airborne particles and their accumulation on solar cells are cutting energy output by more than 25 percent in certain parts of the world. The regions hardest hit are also those...

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Researchers find only one hydrocarbon-producing area where production is linked to increased seismic activities at the regional scale -- ScienceDaily

New research suggests hydraulic fracturing and saltwater disposal has limited impact on seismic events.

For the past two years, UAlberta geophysicist Mirko Van der Baan and his team have been poring over 30 to 50 years of earthquake rates from six of the top hydrocarbon-producing states in...

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Biodiversity loss from deep-sea mining will be unavoidable -- ScienceDaily

Biodiversity losses from deep-sea mining are unavoidable and possibly irrevocable, an international team of 15 marine scientists, resource economists and legal scholars argue in a letter published today in the journal Nature Geoscience.

The experts say the International Seabed Authority...

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Sunflower genome sequence to provide roadmap for more resilient crops -- ScienceDaily

University of Georgia researchers are part of an international team that has published the first sunflower genome sequence. This new resource will assist future research programs using genetic tools to improve crop resilience and oil production.

They published their findings today in the...

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Genetic engineering tool generates antioxidant-rich purple rice -- ScienceDaily

Researchers in China have developed a genetic engineering approach capable of delivering many genes at once and used it to make rice endosperm — seed tissue that provides nutrients to the developing plant embryo — produce high levels of antioxidant-boosting pigments called...

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How Social Media Marketing Generated $7 Million in Affiliate Sales for This Entrepreneur

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Father’s Day is usually a day for celebration. But on this particular Father’s Day in 2014, Jason Stone’s home was burglarized. It was only a year...

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Clinton's Lead Is More Fragile Than You Think

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan. In 1969, the Cubs had a 9.5 game lead over the New York Mets in the middle of August, but ended the season 8 games behind the Mets after losing 17 of 25 games to close the season.
The average of the latest...

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Computer scientists electrify historic “dandy horse” -- ScienceDaily

Small children still use a form of the so-called dandy horse, balance bike or draisine, which the inventor Karl von Drais first tested on a longer route on June 12, 1817. Now, about 200 years later, computer scientists at Saarland University are making the forerunner of the bicycle attractive...

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Don't Ruin Your New Hire! 10 Tips to Onboard a New Hire the Right Way

You’ve probably heard the saying, “There’s nothing more expensive than a bad hire.”
Being the business coach to thousands of companies over the past 20 years has proven to me that there’s a lot of truth to this old adage. But what’s surprising is how many...

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New computing system takes its cues from human brain -- ScienceDaily

Some problems are so challenging to solve that even the most advanced computers need weeks, not seconds, to process them.

Now a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Notre Dame has created a new computing system that aims to tackle one of computing’s...

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No Ordinary Stay: Lodge Owners With A Heart For Community

The Laguna Lodge Eco-Resort and Nature Reserve sits surreally amongst a picturesque Guatemalan landscape at Lake Atitlan, which dominates at the top of media’s “most beautiful” lists. Laguna Lodge owners, Mayah Brandon and Jefferson Dent, harnessed some of the area’s...

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Barbershop Cuts Prices For Kids Who Read Aloud During Appointment

A barbershop in Michigan is getting a lot of buzz.


The Fuller Cut barbershop in Ypsilanti, Michigan gives $2 discounts to kids who read books aloud to their barbers while they’re getting their hair done.


Ryan Griffin cutting a boy’s hair while he reads aloud.


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Antibiotic design strategy boosts odds against resistance development -- ScienceDaily

A new rational drug design technique that uses a powerful computer algorithm to identify molecules that target different receptor sites on key cellular proteins could provide a new weapon in the battle against antibiotic resistance, potentially tipping the odds against the bugs.

The...

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New design substitutes an array of light receivers for a lens, making cameras thin, light, cheap, and flexible -- ScienceDaily

Traditional cameras — even those on the thinnest of cell phones — cannot be truly flat due to their optics: lenses that require a certain shape and size in order to function. At Caltech, engineers have developed a new camera design that replaces the lenses with an ultra-thin...

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Low-temperature 'water gas shift' reaction produces high levels of pure hydrogen for potential applications, including fuel cells -- ScienceDaily

Scientists have developed a new low-temperature catalyst for producing high-purity hydrogen gas while simultaneously using up carbon monoxide (CO). The discovery — described in a paper set to publish online in the journal Science on June 22, 2017 — could improve the performance of...

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Atomic imperfections move quantum communication network closer to reality -- ScienceDaily

An international team led by the University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering has discovered how to manipulate a weird quantum interface between light and matter in silicon carbide along wavelengths used in telecommunications.

The work advances the possibility of...

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Can animal diet mitigate greenhouse emissions? -- ScienceDaily

A research of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has shown that the inclusion of agroindustrial by-products in pig feed can reduce the nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) of the slurry used as manures up to 65%.

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This Entrepreneur's Secret for Going From Bartender to 7-Figures a Year

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Plant inspiration could lead to flexible electronics -- ScienceDaily

A plant stem inspired researchers to develop a new, versatile aerogel for possible use in bendable devices.
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They look like security gates, but change shape in a cascade -- ScienceDaily

Biomedical engineers have built simple machines out of DNA, consisting of arrays whose units switch reversibly between two different shapes.

The arrays’ inventors say they could be harnessed to make nanotech sensors or amplifiers. Potentially, they could be combined to form logic...

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Reproducing a retinal disease on a chip -- ScienceDaily

Approximately 80% of all sensory input is received via the eyes, so suffering from chronic retinal diseases that lead to blindness causes a significant decrease in the quality of life (QOL). And because retinal diseases are most common among the elderly, developing pathological analyses and...

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Nanoparticle based contrast agent developed for dual modal imaging of cancer -- ScienceDaily

Researchers from PSG College of Technology, India have developed nano-contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as well as optical imaging of cancer cells. This report will appear in the forthcoming issue of the journal NANO.

Cancer identification at the early stage remains a...

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Flexible wearable electronics use body heat for energy -- ScienceDaily

In a proof-of-concept study, North Carolina State University engineers have designed a flexible thermoelectric energy harvester that has the potential to rival the effectiveness of existing power wearable electronic devices using body heat as the only source of energy.

Wearable devices used...

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Catalyst mimics the z-scheme of photosynthesis -- ScienceDaily

A team of chemists from the University of Kentucky and the Institute of Physics Research of Mar del Plata in Argentina has just reported a way to trigger a fundamental step in the mechanism of photosynthesis, providing a process with great potential for developing new technology to reduce...

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Rewiring financial networks reduces systemic risk -- ScienceDaily

A tax on systemically risky transactions could reshape financial networks into a new structure that is less vulnerable to cascading financial system shocks such as the 2008 financial crisis, according to new IIASA research published in the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.

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Look inside your own pantry or fridge to find the top culprit of food waste -- ScienceDaily

There is a good chance there are fresh vegetables in your refrigerator that will end up in the garbage instead of on your dinner plate.

Not that anyone goes to the grocery store with the intention of later throwing the food in the trash, but we all do it more often than we probably realize....

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Quantum thermometer or optical refrigerator?

In an arranged marriage of optics and mechanics, physicists have created microscopic structural beams that have a variety of powerful uses when light strikes them. Able to operate in ordinary, room-temperature environments, yet exploiting some of the deepest principles of quantum physics,...

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Social networking services may foster users' negative perceptions about their own popularity and happiness -- ScienceDaily

A study led by computer scientists at Indiana University has found that people with the most connections on social media are also happier. This may cause most social media users to not only regard themselves as less popular than their friends but also less happy.

The recently published study...

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Researchers used gilteritinib to target a common mutation -- ScienceDaily

A new drug shows promise in its ability to target one of the most common and sinister mutations of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center. The Fms-like tyrosine kinase...

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Diagnosing obesity by mathematically estimating abdominal fat -- ScienceDaily

Abdominal obesity, or fat that accumulates around one’s stomach and abdomen, has long been considered to pose a high health risk in individuals. Hence, measurement of “central obesity” — as it’s often called — helps predict propensity to disorders caused by...

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Chemists create 3-D printed graphene foam -- ScienceDaily

Nanotechnologists from Rice University and China’s Tianjin University have used 3-D laser printing to fabricate centimeter-sized objects of atomically thin graphene.

The research could yield industrially useful quantities of bulk graphene and is described online in a new study in the...

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Sustainable ethanol from carbon dioxide? A possible path -- ScienceDaily

Most cars and trucks in the United States run on a blend of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent ethanol, a renewable fuel made primarily from fermented corn. But to produce the 14 billion gallons of ethanol consumed annually by American drivers requires millions of acres of farmland.

A recent...

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Scientists have developed an innovative, atomic resonance-based method to measure electric fields that allows for self-calibration and improved spatial resolution -- ScienceDaily

In the last decades, mobile phones and other wireless devices have become central features of life around the globe. These devices radiate varied amounts of electromagnetic energy and thus project electric fields into the surrounding space. It is crucial to the design and deployment of these...

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Solar heating could cover over 80 percent of domestic heating requirements in Nordic countries -- ScienceDaily

According to researchers at Aalto University, by using suitable systems, more than 80% of heating energy for Finnish households could be produced using solar energy. As the price of heating energy obtained from solar heating systems needed to be competitive with the currently used heating...

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Modular, off-grid desalination technology could supply families, towns -- ScienceDaily

A federally funded research effort to revolutionize water treatment has yielded an off-grid technology that uses energy from sunlight alone to turn salt water into fresh drinking water. The desalination system, which uses a combination of membrane distillation technology and light-harvesting...

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Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds -- ScienceDaily

Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy source. Renewable biofuels can come with hidden economic and environmental issues, and the question of whether corn is better utilized as food or as a biofuel has persisted since ethanol came into use. For the first...

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The first nanometrically-sized superelastic alloy -- ScienceDaily

UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country’s researchers have explored superelasticity properties on a nanometric scale based on shearing an alloy’s pillars down to nanometric size. In the article published by the scientific journal Nature Nanotechnology, the researchers have found...

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Superconducting nanowire memory cell, miniaturized technology -- ScienceDaily

Developing a superconducting computer that would perform computations at high speed without heat dissipation has been the goal of several research and development initiatives since the 1950s. Such a computer would require a fraction of the energy current supercomputers consume, and would be...

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Psychiatric medication protects developing mouse brain from birth defects -- ScienceDaily

A clinically available anxiety drug safely and effectively protects against brain defects caused by the mouse version of a common human virus, finds new research published in The Journal of Neuroscience.

More than half of U.S. adults are infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV), but most people...

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Novel scanner aids early-stage assessment of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques -- ScienceDaily

A new study shows that a hybrid molecular imaging system unites three imaging modalities to map the composition of dangerous arterial plaques before they rupture and induce a major cardiac event. The research was presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and...

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To connect biology with electronics, be rigid, yet flexible -- ScienceDaily

That conclusion might crop up during divorce proceedings, or describe a diplomatic row. But scientists designing polymers that can bridge the biological and electronic divide must also deal with incompatible messaging styles. Electronics rely on racing streams of electrons, but the same is...

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Discovery could benefit renewable energy, transportation, personal electronics -- ScienceDaily

Modern batteries power everything from cars to cell phones, but they are far from perfect — they catch fire, they perform poorly in cold weather and they have relatively short lifecycles, among other issues. Now researchers from the University of Houston have described a new class of...

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Autopilot steers during evasive manoeuvres and docking -- ScienceDaily

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing safe steering for the remote-monitored and controlled autonomous ships of the future. The new technology has been developed for navigation systems and ship autopilots, which steer ships automatically.

The ships of the future will largely...

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Fighting global warming and climate change requires a broad energy portfolio -- ScienceDaily

Can the continental United States make a rapid, reliable and low-cost transition to an energy system that relies almost exclusively on wind, solar and hydroelectric power? While there is growing excitement for this vision, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

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Spineless creature studied in DC swamp -- ScienceDaily

Its name is Stygobromus hayi, the Hay’s Spring amphipod. It is spineless. It lacks vision. It is an opportunistic feeder, consuming whatever resources are available — perhaps including the remains of its own kind.

That is where its similarities to some of Washington, D.C.’s...

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Farmland can benefit California's salmon populations -- ScienceDaily

A new study offers a beacon of hope for a cease-fire in the Golden State’s persistent water wars.

“Floodplain Farm Fields Provide Novel Rearing Habitat for Chinook Salmon,” published in the journal PLoS ONE, is based on the work by scientists from nonprofit group California...

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Unusual soybean coloration sheds a light on gene silencing -- ScienceDaily

Today’s soybeans are typically golden yellow, with a tiny blackish mark where they attach to the pod. In a field of millions of beans, nearly all of them will have this look. Occasionally, however, a bean will turn up half-black, with a saddle pattern similar to a black-eyed...

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Next-gen, carbon-based transistors would far outperform today's silicon ones -- ScienceDaily

A University of Central Florida professor is part of a research team that developed a graphene-based transistor that could someday lead to computers that are a thousand times faster and use a hundredth of the power.

Ryan M. Gelfand, an assistant professor in CREOL, The College of Optics...

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Face recognition system 'K-Eye' -- ScienceDaily

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the key emerging technologies. Global IT companies are competitively launching the newest technologies and competition is heating up more than ever. However, most AI technologies focus on software and their operating speeds are low, making them a poor...

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First selective nucleoside-analog inhibitor of bacterial RNA polymerase -- ScienceDaily

Scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the biotechnology company NAICONS Srl., and elsewhere have discovered a new antibiotic effective against drug-resistant bacteria: pseudouridimycin. The new antibiotic is produced by a microbe found in a soil sample collected in Italy and was...

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Targeted molecular imaging and near-infrared activated therapy treats prostate tumors that are left behind or too challenging for surgery -- ScienceDaily

Researchers presenting a preclinical study at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) demonstrated the efficacy and optimal dose for targeted photodynamic therapy (tPDT) to treat prostate cancer before and during surgery. Prostate-specific...

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Compound shows potential for high-temperature superconductivity -- ScienceDaily

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has identified a nickel oxide compound as an unconventional but promising candidate material for high-temperature superconductivity.

The team successfully synthesized single crystals of a...

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Electrolytes made from liquefied gas enable batteries to run at ultra-low temperatures -- ScienceDaily

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a breakthrough in electrolyte chemistry that enables lithium batteries to run at temperatures as low as -60 degrees Celsius with excellent performance — in comparison, today’s lithium-ion batteries stop working at...

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Precise Earth-based measurements of optical signals from satellite show that equipment already in space can be adapted for extremely secure data encryption -- ScienceDaily

In a new study, researchers demonstrate ground-based measurements of quantum states sent by a laser aboard a satellite 38,000 kilometers above Earth. This is the first time that quantum states have been measured so carefully from so far away.

“We were quite surprised by how well the...

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Dryland cropping systems research addresses future drought and hunger issues -- ScienceDaily

Murali Darapuneni recalls stories about how difficult it was for his ancestors during times of drought conditions and famine in India in the early 1900s.

“They had limited resources and research at that time,” he said. “My grandparents told me about those stories and how...

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Compound catalyses splitting of water molecules -- ScienceDaily

Researchers have developed a solar paint that can absorb water vapour and split it to generate hydrogen — the cleanest source of energy.

The paint contains a newly developed compound that acts like silica gel, which is used in sachets to absorb moisture and keep food, medicines and...

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How to build software for a computer 50 times faster than anything in the world -- ScienceDaily

Imagine you were able to solve a problem 50 times faster than you can now. With this ability, you have the potential to come up with answers to even the most complex problems faster than ever before.

Researchers behind the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Exascale Computing Project...

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