Lab Leadership
Robots have the potential to help older adults with daily activities that can become more challenging with age. But are people willing to use and accept the new technology? A study by the Georgia Institute of Technology indicates the answer is yes, unless the tasks involve personal care or social activities.
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Psychology Prof Finds That Self-Affirmation Enhances Performance, Makes Us Receptive to Our Mistakes
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Study examines influence of media messages on perceptions of paranormal investigators' credibility.
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Those tiny balls of boutique mozzarella cheese with the sticker-shock price tag beckoning from the dairy case — are they the real deal, mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP, crafted from the milk of water buffaloes? Or are they really cheap fakes made from cow’s milk? A new test can help consumers make sure.
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Tune into our live educational webinar to gain a deeper insight into water purification technologies and explain how to select the appropriate one for your laboratory.
First image from a living animal wins 2012 Nikon Small World Competition that recognizes top photomicrographs from around the world.
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In the fall of 2011, SEFA launched their very first Student Design Competition for high school juniors and seniors. Check out the winners of this year's contest!
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Social misfits, rejoice. You might be more like Steve Jobs, Lady Gaga and Albert Einstein than you realize, if rejection boosts your creativity, reports a new Cornell study.
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Scientists Surprised to Find Significant Adverse Effects of CO2 on Human Decision-Making Performance
Overturning decades of conventional wisdom, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found that moderately high indoor concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) can significantly impair people’s decision-making performance.
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This session will whack leaders' thinking, give them a personal sense of mission of their importance as service leaders, and share many no cost or low cost ideas for how to create a culture where employees are fully engaged using the elements of a spirited workplace.
Available on DemandNSF has supported the basic research of more than 200 Nobel Prize winners, including five 2012 Nobel laureates in Chemistry, Physics and Economics.
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To encourage researchers around the world to adhere to universal science values and ethical behavior, a new report on responsible science has been issued by the InterAcademy Council and the IAP – the global network of science academies.
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