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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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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How This Immigrant Created a Successful Marketing Agency

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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. 
Fast forward to 2017....

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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.
Want...

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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.
In short, credit card...

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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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