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September 7, 2020

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Sep. 3, 2020 — A new study has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins that are as large as an adult ...
Sep. 2, 2020 — To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the ...
Sep. 2, 2020 — Researchers have detected a signal from what may be the most massive black hole merger yet observed in gravitational waves. The product of the merger ...
Aug. 27, 2020 — In a landmark study, scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense halo of gas enveloping the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest large galactic ...
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Researchers Discover a Specific Brain Circuit Damaged by Social Isolation During Childhood

Aug. 31, 2020 — Researchers have identified specific sub-populations of brain cells in the prefrontal cortex, a key part of the brain that regulates social behavior, that are required for normal sociability in adulthood and are profoundly vulnerable to juvenile ...
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Artificial Pancreas Effectively Controls Type 1 Diabetes in Children Age 6 and Up

Aug. 26, 2020 — A clinical trial at four pediatric diabetes centers in the United States has found that a new artificial pancreas system -- which automatically monitors and regulates blood glucose levels -- is safe and effective at managing blood glucose levels in ...
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Female Chromosomes Offer Resilience to Alzheimer's

Aug. 26, 2020 — Women live longer than men with Alzheimer's because their sex chromosomes give them genetic protection from the ravages of the disease. Women get two 'doses' of a gene that only exists on the X chromosome. And some people, both male and female, have an especially potent variant of this gene. ...
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Transplanted Brown-Fat-Like Cells Hold Promise for Obesity and Diabetes

Aug. 26, 2020 — A potential therapy for obesity would transplant HUMBLE (human brown-like) fat cells, human white fat cells that have been genetically modified using CRISPR to become similar to heat-generating brown ...
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Europe's Largest Solar Telescope GREGOR Unveils Magnetic Details of the Sun

Sep. 1, 2020 — GREGOR, the largest solar telescope in Europe, has obtained unprecedented images of the fine-structure of the Sun. Following a major redesign of GREGOR's optics, the Sun can be observed at a higher resolution than before ...
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Cosmic Rays May Soon Stymie Quantum Computing

Aug. 26, 2020 — Infinitesimally low levels of radiation, such as from incoming cosmic rays, may soon stymie progress in ...
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Galactic Bar Paradox Resolved in Cosmic Dance

Aug. 25, 2020 — New light has been shed on a mysterious and long-standing conundrum at the very heart of our galaxy. The new work offers a potential solution to the so-called 'Galactic bar paradox', whereby different observations produce contradictory estimates of the motion of the central regions of the ...
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A Galaxy's Stop-and-Start Young Radio Jets

Aug. 25, 2020 — A new VLBA image shows details of a young jet emitted from the core of an active galaxy, revealing that the jet activity stopped, then restarted only a ...
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Genetics of the Tree of Life

Aug. 27, 2020 — Baobab trees can live for more than a thousand years and provide food, livestock fodder, medicinal compounds, and raw materials. Scientists counted the significant tree's chromosomes -- information critical for conservation, agricultural improvement, and further ...
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Meteorite Study Suggests Earth May Have Been Wet Since It Formed

Aug. 27, 2020 — A new study finds that Earth's water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed -- instead of far-reaching comets or asteroids delivering such water. The findings suggest that Earth may have always ...
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Meteorite Strikes May Create Unexpected Form of Silica

Aug. 26, 2020 — New research examining the crystal structure of the silica mineral quartz under shock compression is challenging longstanding assumptions about this ...
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Ancient Star Explosions Revealed in Deep-Sea Sediments

Aug. 25, 2020 — A mystery surrounding the space around our solar system is unfolding thanks to evidence of supernovae found in ...
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Health News
September 7, 2020
Aug. 26, 2020 — Using MRI scans and computer modeling, scientists say they have further pinpointed areas of the human brain that regulate efforts to deal with ...
Aug. 21, 2020 — Analysis of ACE2, the main receptor that SARS-CoV-2 uses to bind and enter cells, across 410 vertebrate species reveals that many are potentially ...
Aug. 13, 2020 — Researchers have discovered which gut bacteria help our immune system battle cancerous tumors and how they do it. The discovery may provide a new understanding of why immunotherapy, a treatment for ...
Aug. 13, 2020 — Seasonal flu vaccination does increase the number of antibody-producing cells specific for flu in the bone marrow. However, most of the newly generated cells are lost within one year, researchers ...
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Common Class of Drugs Linked to Increased Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

Sep. 4, 2020 — Researchers report that a class of drugs used for a broad array of conditions, from allergies and colds to hypertension and urinary incontinence, may be associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline, particularly in older adults at greater risk for Alzheimer's ...
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Post-COVID Syndrome Severely Damages Children's Hearts

Sep. 4, 2020 — Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) appears even after asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, a case review confirms, and in some children damages the heart to the extent that the children will need long-term monitoring and ...
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Unconventional T Cells in Severe COVID-19 Patients Could Predict Disease Outcome

Sep. 4, 2020 — Researchers in France have discovered that patients suffering from severe COVID-19 show changes in a class of immune cells known as unconventional T cells. The study suggests that monitoring the activity of these cells in the blood of patients could predict the severity and course of the ...
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Does the COVID-19 Cytokine Storm Exist?

Sep. 4, 2020 — Cytokines play a crucial role in the immune response. If this immune response is too strong, also known as 'cytokine storm', it can cause harm to the patient. Following the measurement of several important cytokines in patients with COVID-19 and various other severe diseases, researchers show that COVID-19 is not characterized by a cytokine storm. This may have consequences for the treatment of ...
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Understanding the Link Between Hearing Loss and Dementia

Sep. 1, 2020 — Scientists have developed a new theory as to how hearing loss may cause dementia and believe that tackling this sensory impairment early may help to prevent the ...
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How We Sleep Today May Forecast When Alzheimer's Disease Begins

Sep. 3, 2020 — Neuroscientists have found a way to estimate, with some degree of accuracy, a time frame for when Alzheimer's is most likely to strike in a person's lifetime, based on their baseline sleep patterns. Their findings suggest one defense against this virulent form of dementia -- for which no treatment currently exists -- is deep, restorative sleep, and plenty of ...
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Is Consciousness Continuous or Discrete? Maybe It's Both, Argue Researchers

Sep. 3, 2020 — Two major theories have fueled a now 1,500 year-long debate started by Saint Augustine: Is consciousness continuous, where we are conscious at each single point in time, or is it discrete, where we are conscious only at certain moments of time? Psychophysicists answer this centuries-old question with a new model, one that combines both continuous moments and discrete points of ...
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When Doing Good Boosts Health, Well-Being

Sep. 3, 2020 — Performing acts of kindness and helping other people can be good for people's health and well-being, according to new research. But not all good-hearted behavior is equally beneficial to the giver. The strength of the link depends on many factors, including the type of kindness, the definition of well-being, and the giver's age, gender and other demographic ...
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Red Hot Meat: The Wrong Recipe for Heart Disease

Sep. 4, 2020 — From MasterChef to MKR, the world's best chefs have taught us how to barbeque, grill and panfry a steak to perfection. But while the experts may be seeking that extra flavor, new research suggests high-heat caramelization could be bad for our ...
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Personal Use of Permanent Hair Dye Not Associated With Greater Risk of Most Cancers or Cancer Death

Sep. 2, 2020 — Women who use permanent hair dye products to colour their hair at home do not experience greater risk of most cancers or greater cancer related ...
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Revolutionary Quantum Breakthrough Paves Way for Safer Online Communication

Sep. 2, 2020 — The world is one step closer to having a totally secure internet and an answer to the growing threat of cyber-attacks, thanks to a team of international scientists who have created a unique prototype which could transform how we communicate ...
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Antibiotics Affect Breast Milk Microbiota in Mothers of Preterm Infants, Study Finds

Sep. 3, 2020 — Researchers have found that mothers of preterm babies have highly individual breast milk microbiomes, and that even short courses of antibiotics have prolonged effects on the diversity and abundance of microbes in their ...
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Physical/Tech News
September 7, 2020
Aug. 18, 2020 — Killer cosmic rays from nearby supernovae could be the culprit behind at least one mass extinction event, researchers said, and finding certain radioactive isotopes in Earth's rock record could ...
Aug. 17, 2020 — Earth's magnetic field acts like a protective shield around the planet, repelling and trapping charged particles from the Sun. But over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean, an unusually ...
Aug. 13, 2020 — Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet would continue ...
Aug. 13, 2020 — Researchers have made a key advance in the green chemistry pursuit of converting the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into reusable forms of carbon via ...
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Splitting Water Molecules for a Renewable Energy Future

Sep. 4, 2020 — Chemists are working on energy storage and conversion research. This work is part of a new study that solves a key, fundamental barrier in the electrochemical water splitting process where the Lin Lab demonstrates a new technique to reassemble, revivify, and reuse a catalyst that allows for energy-efficient water ...
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Unexpected Electrical Current That Could Stabilize Fusion Reactions

Sep. 4, 2020 — Scientists have found that electrical currents can form in ways not known before. The novel findings could give researchers greater ability to bring the fusion energy that drives the sun and stars to ...
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New Technology Lets Quantum Bits Hold Information for 10,000 Times Longer Than Previous Record

Sep. 4, 2020 — Quantum bits, or qubits, can hold quantum information much longer now thanks to efforts by an international research team. The researchers have increased the retention time, or coherence time, to 10 milliseconds - 10,000 times longer than the previous record - by combining the orbital motion and spinning inside an atom. Such a boost in information ...
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'Floppy' Atomic Dynamics Help Turn Heat Into Electricity

Sep. 4, 2020 — Materials scientists have uncovered an atomic mechanism that makes certain thermoelectric materials such as iron sulfide incredibly efficient near high-temperature phase transitions. The information will help fill critical knowledge gaps in the computational modeling of such materials, potentially allowing researchers to discover new and better options for technologies that rely on transforming ...
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Peculiar Planetary System Architecture Around Three Orion Stars Explained

Sep. 3, 2020 — In our Solar System, the eight planets and many other minor objects orbit in a flat plane around the Sun; but in some distant systems, planets orbit on an incline -- sometimes a very steep one. New work could explain the architecture of multi-star systems in which planets are separated by wide gaps and do not orbit on the same plane as their host star's equatorial ...
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An Unexpected Origin Story for a Lopsided Black Hole Merger

Sep. 2, 2020 — A lopsided merger of two black holes may have an oddball origin story, according to a new ...
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Zooming in on Dark Matter

Sep. 2, 2020 — Cosmologists have zoomed in on the smallest clumps of dark matter in a virtual universe - which could help us to find the real thing in ...
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Researchers Predict Location of Novel Candidate for Mysterious Dark Energy

Sep. 1, 2020 — New research explains what may be the cause of the universe's accelerating ...
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Quantum Leap for Speed Limit Bounds

Sep. 4, 2020 — Nature's speed limits aren't posted on road signs, but physicists have discovered a new way to deduce them that is better -- infinitely better, in some cases -- than prior ...
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Battery-Free Game Boy Runs Forever

Sep. 3, 2020 — Researchers develop first-ever battery-free, energy-harvesting, interactive device. And it looks and feels like a retro 8-bit Nintendo Game ...
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New Mathematical Method Shows How Climate Change Led to Fall of Ancient Civilization

Sep. 3, 2020 — A researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. A new article outlines the technique he developed and shows how shifting monsoon patterns led to the demise of the Indus Valley Civilization, a Bronze Age civilization contemporary to Mesopotamia and ancient ...
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Heavy Electronic Media Use in Late Childhood Linked to Lower Academic Performance

Sep. 2, 2020 — A new study of 8- to 11-year olds reveals an association between heavy television use and poorer reading performance, as well as between heavy computer use and poorer numeracy--the ability to work with ...
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Environment News
September 7, 2020
Aug. 24, 2020 — Why people perceive motion in some static images has mystified not only those who view these optical illusions but neuroscientists who have tried to explain the phenomenon. Now neuroscientists have ...
Aug. 13, 2020 — Although overhunting led to the demise of some prehistoric megafauna after the last ice age, a new study found that the extinction of the woolly ...
Aug. 10, 2020 — Plants are factories that manufacture yield from light and carbon dioxide -- but parts of this complex process, called photosynthesis, are hindered by a lack of raw materials and machinery. To ...
Aug. 10, 2020 — A new study supports predictions that the Arctic could be free of sea ice by ...
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Plant Protein Discovery Could Reduce Need for Fertilizer

Sep. 4, 2020 — Researchers have discovered how a protein in plant roots controls the uptake of minerals and water, a finding which could improve the tolerance of agricultural crops to climate change and reduce the need for chemical ...
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Pollination: Air Pollution Renders Flower Odors Unattractive to Moths

Sep. 4, 2020 — Researchers showed that tobacco hawkmoths lost attraction to the scent of their preferred flowers when that scent had been altered by ozone. This oxidizing pollutant thus disturbs the chemical communication between a plant and its pollinator. However, when given the chance, hawkmoths quickly learn that an unpleasantly polluted scent may lead to nutritious ...
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Cell Division: Cleaning the Nucleus Without Detergents

Sep. 3, 2020 — Researchers have uncovered how cells remove unwanted components from the nucleus following ...
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A 400-Year-Old Chamois Will Serve as a Model for Research on Ice Mummies

Sep. 3, 2020 — Discovered in Val Aurina, South Tyrol (Italy) and now in the laboratory of Eurac Research's mummy experts, the remains will be studied in order to improve the conservation techniques of mummies around the ...
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Researchers Track Nutrient Transport in the Gulf of Mexico

Sep. 5, 2020 — Researchers found no evidence that nitrate from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River System is mixing across the Northern Gulf shelf into the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The findings are consistent with recent modeling work by fellow scientists that indicates 90 percent of Mississippi River nutrients are retained in the near-shore ecosystem, which implies that nutrients from the Mississippi ...
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Ocean Carbon Uptake Widely Underestimated

Sep. 4, 2020 — The world's oceans soak up more carbon than most scientific models suggest, according to new ...
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In Butterfly Battle of Sexes, Males Deploy 'Chastity Belts' but Females Fight Back

Sep. 3, 2020 — Some male butterflies seal their mate's genitalia with a waxy 'chastity belt' to prevent future liaisons. But female butterflies can fight back. Could this sexual one-upmanship ultimately result in new ...
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Gene Targets to Combat Microorganisms Binding to Underwater Surfaces

Sep. 1, 2020 — A group of synthetic biologists have identified new genetic targets that could lead to safe, biologically-based approaches to combat marine biofouling - the process of sea-based microorganisms, plants, or algae binding to underwater ...
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Study Reveals Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe

Sep. 3, 2020 — A new study published in Current Biology reveals that the ability for humans to digest milk (lactase persistence) spread through Central Europe quickly in evolutionary ...
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Bering Sea Ice Extent Is at Most Reduced state in Last 5,500 Years

Sep. 2, 2020 — Through the analysis of vegetation from a Bering Sea island, researchers have determined that the extent of sea ice in the region is lower than it's been for thousands of ...
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Biodiversity: In a Mite-Y Bit of Trouble

Sep. 2, 2020 — Mite extinctions are occurring at least 1,000 times the 'natural' rate - a finding a researcher says is another warning that global biodiversity is in deep trouble. The 1.25 million mite species around the planet occupy an enormous variety of terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, from the equator, to polar regions and high altitude ...
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Graduate Student Names New Trace Fossil Discovered During Coursework

Sep. 2, 2020 — An intriguing fossil find has revealed fossilized tracks of a newly discovered wood-boring organism in a new ...
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Society/Education News
September 7, 2020
Aug. 13, 2020 — From Sinatra to Katy Perry, celebrities have long sung about the power of a smile -- how it picks you up, changes your outlook, and generally makes you feel better. But is it all smoke and mirrors, ...
July 23, 2020 — The lack of human activity during lockdown caused human-linked vibrations in the Earth to drop by an average of 50 percent between March and May ...
July 15, 2020 — With widespread, sustained declines in fertility, the world population will likely peak in 2064 at around 9.7 billion, and then decline to about 8.8 ...
June 29, 2020 — Researchers have found that our brains may recall some common words, like 'pig,' 'tank,' and 'door,' much more often than others, including 'cat,' 'street,' and 'stair.' By combining memory tests, ...
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Who Should Get the COVID-19 Vaccine First?

Sep. 3, 2020 — Nineteen global health experts from around the world have proposed a new, three-phase plan for vaccine distribution -- called the Fair Priority Model -- which aims to reduce premature deaths and other irreversible health consequences ...
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Insights Into Behavior During Chimney Tops 2 Fire Could Improve Evacuation Planning

Sep. 2, 2020 — To understand what motivates people to evacuate during a wildfire, researchers surveyed affected residents. Their analysis of the responses identified key factors at play, including risk perception, gender, warnings from trusted sources, and evacuation ...
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Humans' Construction 'Footprint' on Ocean Quantified for First Time

Aug. 31, 2020 — In a world-first, the extent of human development in oceans has been mapped. An area totaling approximately 30,000 square kilometers - the equivalent of 0.008 percent of the ocean - has been modified by human construction, researchers ...
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A Surprising Opportunity for Telehealth in Shaping the Future of Medicine

Sep. 1, 2020 — Expanded telehealth services at UT Southwestern have proved effective at safely delivering patient care during the pandemic, leading to an increase in patients even in specialties such as plastic surgery, according to a new ...
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Playfulness Can Be Trained Here's Why You Should Do It

Aug. 27, 2020 — Simple exercises can help to make people more playful and consequently feel more satisfied with their lives. This has been revealed in a new study by psychologists. The researchers had participants in an experiment perform a week of exercises to boost their playfulness. They found that the trait can be stimulated and trained - and that this improves a person's ...
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Why Babies Don't Always Remember What They Have Learned

Aug. 21, 2020 — If and how babies recall what they have learned depends on their mood: what they've learned when feeling calm is inaccessible when they're acitive and vice versa. This was shown in a study with 96 children aged nine ...
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Naming Guides How 12-Month-Old Infants Encode and Remember Objects

Aug. 18, 2020 — Even for infants just beginning to speak their first words, the way an object is named guides infants' encoding, representation and memory for that object, according to new research. Encoding objects in memory and recalling them later is fundamental to human cognition and emerges in infancy. Evidence from a new recognition memory task reveals that as they encode objects, infants are sensitive to ...
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School Flu Vaccine Program Reduces Community-Wide Influenza Hospitalizations

Aug. 18, 2020 — A city-wide school influenza vaccine intervention was associated with a decrease in influenza-associated hospitalizations for all age groups and a decrease in school absence rates among students in seasons with an effective influenza vaccine, according to a new ...
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Being a Selfish Jerk Doesn't Get You Ahead: Study

Aug. 31, 2020 — Two studies provide empirical evidence to settle the question of whether being aggressively Machiavellian helps people get ahead. The studies concluded that being a jerk provides no advantage in career advancement. Any power boost disagreeable people get from being intimidating is offset by their poor interpersonal relationships, the studies ...
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Winning the Digital Transformation Race: Three Emerging Approaches for Leading Transition

July 28, 2020 — New research has outlined three new approaches that digital innovators can take to reduce the risk of failure and seize competitive advantage in the ...
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When Power Is Toxic: Dominance Reduces Influence in Groups

July 16, 2020 — A new study finds that groups led by subordinate males outperform those led by dominant and aggressive ...
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We Need to Talk: Communication Prevents Inaction by Leveraging Goodwill

July 13, 2020 — An experimental game demonstrates that communicating sentiment (i.e. emotional state, satisfaction) and outlook (i.e. expectations, aspirations) helps people to cooperate on common problems by reinforcing pre-existing goodwill, and can lead to better ...
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