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Inequality and Investment Bubbles: A Clearer Link Is Established
April 19, 2012 — An expert on statistical mechanics shows that the income distributions for the richest 3 percent and the poorer 97 percent conform to different physics ... > full story -
Online Chatter Affects Stock Returns
April 19, 2012 — It turns out that all of those bad reviews of new computers, shoes, toys and other products at Amazon and other websites with consumer reviews have more impact than just helping shoppers decide if ... > full story -
Carbon Capture and Storage: Tough Road Ahead to Realize Potential
April 18, 2012 — Government plans to develop carbon capture and storage technologies to reduce carbon emissions received a cautious welcome today. A new report concluded that most of the uncertainties facing these ... > full story -
Saving Forests? Take a Leaf from Insurance Industry's Book
April 18, 2012 — A group of environmental scientists say a problem-ridden economic model designed to slow deforestation can be improved by applying key concepts from the insurance ... > full story -
Economic Damage to US Economy from Offshoring Jobs May Be Exaggerated
April 16, 2012 — Sending jobs overseas may not be as damaging to the U.S. economy as commonly believed, according to a new ... > full story -
Bats Save Energy by Drawing in Wings on Upstroke
April 11, 2012 — Bat wings are like hands: meaty, bony and full of joints. A new study finds that bats take advantage of their flexibility by folding in their wings on the upstroke to save inertial energy. The ... > full story -
Why Letting Salmon Escape Could Benefit Bears and Fishers
April 10, 2012 — New research suggests that allowing more Pacific salmon to spawn in coastal streams will not only benefit the natural environment, including grizzly bears, but could also lead to more salmon in the ... > full story -
Born Nice? Peoples' Niceness May Reside in Their Genes, Study Finds
April 10, 2012 — It turns out that the milk of human kindness is evoked by something besides mom's good example. Research by psychologists has found that at least part of the reason some people are kind and generous ... > full story -
Combat Makes for Gun-Shy Investors
April 9, 2012 — Combat veterans are more risk-averse investors than their counterparts who have never been in battle, according to a new study. As a result, combat veterans may struggle to build wealth through ... > full story -
Obesity Accounts for 21 Percent of U.S. Health Care Costs, Study Finds
April 9, 2012 — Obesity now accounts for almost 21 percent of U.S. health care costs – more than twice the previous estimates, reports a new study. The research, which is the first to show the causal effect of ... > full story
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