Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Improved Pavement Markings: A Key to Safer Roads

As spring finally emerges after a ferocious winter, our battered roads will soon be re-exposed. While potholes and cracks might make news, a larger concern…

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Titanium Golf Clubs: A Fire Hazard on the Course, UCI Study

Titanium alloy golf clubs can cause dangerous wildfires, according to UC Irvine scientists. When a club coated with the lightweight metal is swung and strikes…

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Young Non-Academics Use Brain Stimulants More Than Students

Students hope this consumption will improve their exam performance, while their non-academic contemporaries seek primarily to remain awake for longer. These…

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Innovative Ideas for Cities: Highlights from Land of Ideas Competition

Cities are the future, according to the Landmarks in the Land of Ideas competition, in which the Germany – Land of Ideas initiative and Deutsche Bank honored…

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Most Prefer Computers for Joint Money Decisions

This is why they'd rather leave the decision on how to divvy up jointly-owned monies to a computer than to their business partner.

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Labour Share in Switzerland: Stability in Wages and Profits

The revenues earned by companies are divided between the employees (in the form of wages) and the shareholders (in the form of profits). In economics, the…

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$1 Billion Spent Annually on Brain Scans for Headaches

One in eight visits to a a doctor for a headache or migraine end up with the patient going for a brain scan, at a total cost of about $1 billion a year, a new…

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Common Causes of Costly Kids’ Mental Health Hospitalizations

The study is the first to examine frequency and costs associated with specific inpatient mental health diagnoses for children, and is a step towards creating…

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Colon Cancer Rates Drop 30% in Older Americans

Colon cancer incidence rates have dropped 30 percent in the U.S. in the last 10 years among adults 50 and older due to the widespread uptake of colonoscopy,…

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Berlin’s Path to Climate Neutrality by 2050: Feasibility Study

On behalf of the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, a consortium led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research…

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How Emotion Detectors Can Enhance Driving Safety

Technology now allows us to read facial expressions and identify which of the seven universal emotions a person is feeling: fear, anger, joy, sadness, disgust,…

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Safe Driving After Total Shoulder Replacement: Key Recovery Tips

More than 53,000 Americans have total shoulder joint replacement (SJR) surgery each year, and yet the effects of this surgery on a patient’s ability to safely…

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Trauma Center Closures Raise Death Risk for Injured Patients

Trauma centers are specially staffed and equipped to provide care to severely injured people. They can be costly to operate and many centers struggle to keep…

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New Rehabilitation Methods for Amputees and Stroke Patients

When use of a dominant hand is lost by amputation or stroke, a patient is forced to compensate by using the nondominant hand exclusively for precision tasks…

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Education’s Lasting Impact on Brain Function in Aging Populations

European populations are growing older on average, a trend that could pose serious challenges to health care, budgets, and economic growth.

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Economic Degrowth: Balancing Wellbeing and Work Stability

Researchers at the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology at the UAB have taken advantage of the current economic crisis to analyse the impact this…

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