Cardiomyopathies are diseases of weakened heart muscle, which can lead to heart enlargement and heart…
Month: April 2015
Measuring customer value? Don’t overlook product returns
When trying to identify ‘good’ customers, managers often ignore those who return products, or might…
Multifractals suggest the existence of an unknown physical mechanism on the Sun
The famous sunspots on the surface of the Earth’s star result from the dynamics of…
How the lack of specific proteins affects development of filamentous fungi
Fungi can have a great economic impact. In industry, they are used as a source…
Long-sought biomarker for chronic stress in fish discovered
A long-sought biomarker for chronic stress in fish has now been discovered. Fish faced with…
Durable benefits seen for lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema
The National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) was a multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing the…
Investment fears: How does the need for closure increase risk?
Logic would dictate that consumers receiving new market information would jump at the chance to…
Twist on evolutionary theory could help explain racism and other forms of prejudice
Psychology, biology, and mathematics have come together to show that the occurrence of altruism and…
Artificial photosynthesis could help make fuels, plastics and medicine
The global industrial sector accounts for more than half of the total energy used every…
Can cheap wine taste great? Brain imaging and marketing placebo effects
When consumers taste cheap wine and rate it highly because they believe it is expensive,…