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High-Volume Bitcoin Exchanges Less Likely to Fail, but More Likely Breached, Says Study
April 24, 2013 — Online exchanges that trade hard currency for the cyber money Bitcoin have a 45 percent chance of failing -- often taking customer money with them. A new empirical study into the closure of Bitcoin ... > full story -
People Care About Source of Money, Attach Less Value to 'Tainted' Wealth
April 23, 2013 — It's no accident that money obtained through dishonest or illegal means is called "dirty money." A new study suggests that when people perceive money as morally tainted, they also view it as having ... > full story -
Scientists Reveals Escalating Cost of Forest Conservation
April 23, 2013 — New researchers illustrates how changes to farming could dramatically increase future costs of ... > full story -
For Development in Brazil, Two Crops Are Better Than One
April 22, 2013 — Brazil is in the midst of an explosion of agricultural production, but who is profiting from that production -- wealthy land owners and investors or average Brazilians is the subject of debate. New ... > full story -
Does International Child Sponsorship Work? New Research Says Yes
April 22, 2013 — A new study shows international child sponsorship to result in markedly higher rates of schooling completion and substantially improved adult employment ... > full story -
Despite Superbug Crisis, Progress in Antibiotic Development 'Alarmingly Elusive'
April 18, 2013 — Despite the desperate need for new antibiotics to combat increasingly deadly resistant bacteria, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved only one new systemic antibiotic since the Infectious ... > full story -
Patients With Surgical Complications Provide Greater Hospital Profit-Margins
April 16, 2013 — Privately insured surgical patients with a complication provided hospitals with a 330 percent higher profit margin than those without a complication, report researchers. Medicare patients with a ... > full story -
Cheaper Natural Gas-Powered Cars on the Horizon?
April 16, 2013 — When it comes to American consumers' vehicular preferences, a chemist says the choice often boils down to simple economics more so than availability, environment or ... > full story -
Tobacco Companies Keep People Smoking Despite UK Cigarette Tax Increases
April 16, 2013 — The tobacco industry keeps the price of its cheapest cigarettes virtually static despite annual increases in tobacco taxes, circumventing the United Kingdom's public health policy to reduce smoking ... > full story -
Escalating Cost of Forest Conservation
April 16, 2013 — In the face of unprecedented deforestation and biodiversity loss, policy makers are increasingly using financial incentives to encourage ... > full story
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