Second-generation biofuel crops like the perennial grasses Miscanthus and switchgrass can efficiently meet emission reduction goals without significantly displacing cropland used for food production, according to a new s...
The fact that electric cars have not yet experienced the breakthrough in Denmark which the manufacturers had hoped for is down to purely financial considerations. This is the conclusion of several research projects at DT...
In a new study published this week, MIT researchers report that global action on reducing mercury emissions will lead to twice the economic benefits for the U.S., compared to domestic action, by 2050.
Increasing numbers of grandmothers across the United States are raising their grandchildren, many of them living in poverty and grappling with a public assistance system not designed to meet their needs.
Millions of Americans will hit the road this holiday season, many of them seasoned travelers who routinely rack up up hotel points, airline miles and other kinds of customer loyalty credits.
Government should focus resources on supporting young people in to mainstream employment rather than encouraging self-employment, a new report recommends.
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that once people reach a conclusion, they aren’t likely to change their minds, even when new information shows their initial belief is likely wrong and clinging to that belie...
Marriage as an institution is not what it used to be. Since the 1950s, the number of couple exchanging “I dos” has dropped steadily. And while most Americans do marry at some point in their lives, many are choosing to do...
Project Loon is yet another highly ambitious project of the tech-giant Google, which aims to deliver Internet connectivity to areas of the world that don’t already enjoy good access to the web. To achieve this, the compa...
Small signals of appreciation have a decisive influence on the output and quality of the work of employees. A field experiment of KIT economist Petra Nieken and two colleagues revealed that a combination of performance-o...
Small signals of appreciation have a decisive influence on the output and quality of the work of employees. A field experiment of KIT economist Petra Nieken and two colleagues revealed that a combination of performance-o...
Powerful global businesses are now using ‘Better Regulation’ to undermine public health, according to a new report from the University of Bath’s Institute for Policy Research (IPR).
Growth in the U.S. market is increasingly driven by Hispanic and Asian consumers, to the tune of nearly $2 trillion per year. That’s one takeaway from the 2015 Multicultural Economy Report from the University of Georgia’...
The multidisciplinary event is hosted by the University’s School of Geography and the Environment and The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, with nearly 700 delegates attending from over 50 countries.
Graduate student Reshmaan Hussam has always seen economics as more than a collection of numbers: For her, it also entails history, health, and human behavior. Now, as a fifth-year PhD student in economics at MIT, she app...
"Big bang" economic reforms could generate a significant dividend for India, according to a working paper by Russell Green, an India expert and economist at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The study ...
In its strategy for 2015 to 2020, Australia's Innovation Catalyst, CSIRO outlines how the organisation will become a global collaboration hub and help boost the country's innovation performance.
The 11 percent decrease in climate change-causing carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. between 2007 and 2013 was caused by the global financial recession - not the reduced use of coal, research from the University of Cal...
The current generation of students is on the threshold of a job market unlike any the world has seen before, according to Edward Hess, a professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.
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