Complexité des marchés financiers : difficile d'estimer les risques
Depuis la crise financière de 2008, de nombreux efforts ont été faits pour diminuer l’opacité des marchés et améliorer le contrôle des risques. Une étude internationale à laquelle a participé...
View ArticleFighting the stigma of albinism
People with albinism face major health problems, including skin cancer, involuntary eye movements, and poor eyesight. According to a new study in the journal Anthropology & Medicine, many of them...
View ArticleThe demise of the Maya civilisation: water shortage can destroy cultures
Mathematical models analysing the interplay between society and hydrological effects have been developed at TU Wien (Vienna). They provide insights into ancient cultures – as well as into our own...
View ArticleRio gold medal run was one of the best ever – according to statisticians
Statisticians have created a model to work out the answers to one of the biggest questions asked by sports fans around the world – what were the best track athletics performances of all time? After...
View ArticleEducation not to blame for increasing childlessness in Europe
The increasing proportion of the population who prefer to remain childless is a major social problem for many European countries. However this trend has not (so far) been the result of the expansion of...
View ArticleToo much activity in one of the brain’s key memory regions is bad for your...
Researchers led by Dr Tobias Bast in the School of Psychology at The University of Nottingham have found that faulty inhibitory neurotransmission and abnormally increased activity in the hippocampus...
View ArticleWhy do some people find it easier to accept torture and assault than others?
A research group of psychologists from Lund University in Sweden have shown that authoritarian people and those who perceive their own group as socially superior to others are often more inclined to...
View ArticleVisions, opportunities and challenges for the bioeconomy in Southern Europe
28/09/2016, The bioeconomy offers southern Europe the opportunity to catalyse social, technological, and economic transformation towards inclusive, smart and sustainable growth. This event will be a...
View ArticleNorwegian prisons rehabilitate criminal offenders
* Norwegian prisons have great results. * Inmates have 30 per cent lower risk for future crime, than those who were given suspended sentence. * Those who are sentenced to prison have 40 per cent better...
View ArticleJNeurosci: Highlights From the August 24 Issue
""Check out these newsworthy studies from the August 24, 2016, issue of JNeurosci: Tone Deafness After Stroke Linked to Damage to Right Side of the Brain Working Memory Training Enhances Coordination...
View ArticleNerve cells with a sense of rhythm
Neuroscientists at the German Primate Center show how nerve cells communicate with each other in neural networks. Thinking, feeling, acting - our brain is the control center in the head that steers...
View ArticleNervenzellen mit Rhythmusgefühl
Neurowissenschaftler am Deutschen Primatenzentrum zeigen, wie Nervenzellen in Netzwerken miteinander kommunizieren Denken, Fühlen, Handeln – unser Gehirn ist die Schaltzentrale im Kopf, die all unser...
View ArticleGender relations in bars and nightclubs explored in new exhibition
26/08/2016 — 28/08/2016, Artwork by University of Leicester researchers featured in new exhibition as part of Liverpool Biennial art festival
View ArticleDesigning better ways to let go of digital memories than ‘delete’
Researchers are looking at better ways of helping grieving people let go of emotionally-charged digital content after the death of loved ones or the break-up of relationships.
View ArticleSocial, green, but primarily as an investment: all the features of energy...
Platforms to raise funds for renewable projects want to take care of our planet and its inhabitants, but often they’re also looking for good returns. There are three ways a crowdfunding project can be...
View ArticleFive Irish brothers who mapped the British Empire
""A new book by Charles Drazin from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) takes the reader on a historical journey from a small village in rural Ireland to the farthest flung outposts of the early...
View ArticleExpert comment: ‘Hijacking’ of religious symbols by extremists intensifies...
Dr Saeeda Shah from the University of Leicester discusses how Islamic symbols are distorted through extremism. Dr Shah from the School of Education has written an article for Think: Leicester, the...
View ArticleBrain’s internal compass also navigates during imagination
When you try to find your way in a new place, your brain creates a spatial map that represents that environment. Neuroscientists from Radboud University’s Donders Institute now show that the brain’s...
View ArticlePeople with alcohol dependency lack important enzyme
A research group under the leadership of Linköping University Professor Markus Heilig has identified an enzyme whose production is turned off in nerve cells of the frontal lobe when alcohol dependence...
View ArticleTTIP agreement may change world trade – will the consumer still be in charge?
“Giants are interlocking their horns”, Luke’s researcher Ellen Huan-Niemi describes the situation in the TTIP negotiations between the EU and the United States. The consumer could have an influence in...
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