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IBM and Blue Prism Deliver Digital Workforce Capabilities

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2017Technologyalastair bathgate, blue prism, digital workforce, gene chao, ibm

Walgreens adopts intelligent automation solutions to improve customer service

Armonk, N.Y., Austin TX, and London – 13 Dec 2017: As businesses increasingly recognize the opportunity to increase productivity, improve customer experiences and deliver new products and services through intelligent automation, Blue Prism (AIM: PRSM) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have joined forces to deliver a secure, scalable and easy-to-use Digital Workforce for enterprises worldwide, such as Walgreens. (more…)

Music strikes a chord with great writers

By Guest PostDecember 12, 2017Literature, Sciencedominic wyse, great writers, how writing works, music

Music is identified as a key influence on great poets and novelists of the past century in a landmark book by Professor Dominic Wyse (UCL Institute of Education). The book, “How Writing Works” is being discussed at the British Educational Research Association’s (BERA) conference. (more…)

Wie der Klimawandel Spuren hinterlässt

By Guest PostDecember 12, 2017Environmentglobale erwaermung, katja tielboerger, klimawandel, langzeitklimastudie, mark bilton, spuren

Biologen der Universität Tübingen werten Langzeitklimastudie aus, um vorherzusagen, wie einzelne Pflanzenarten auf Änderungen von Temperatur und Regenmenge reagieren

Pflanzenforscher der Universität Tübingen haben ein Verfahren entwickelt, mit dem sich beobachten und vorhersagen lässt, wie einzelne Pflanzenarten auf den Klimawandel reagieren. Dr. Mark Bilton und Professor Katja Tielbörger vom Institut für Evolution und Ökologie werteten die Daten aus einem über 16 Jahre durchgeführten Experiment spanischer Kollegen aus. (more…)

Scientist Haifan Lin: From Mao’s China to Yale’s Stem Cell Center

By Guest PostDecember 11, 2017Education, Sciencehaifan lin, mariana wolfner, pirna, research, scientist, stem cell center

Scientist’s journey includes moving research toward potential clinical advances

A significant turning point in the life of Haifan Lin, Ph.D., Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology; professor of genetics and of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences; and founding director of Yale’s Stem Cell Center, may have come when he was just 15. Already a high achiever, as he has been ever since, he completed high school three years younger than his classmates. (more…)

Mixed reality and medicine: Surgery with no surprises

By Guest PostDecember 10, 2017Health, Technologychristian woiciechowsky, holoLens, robert amyot, scopis holographic solution, simon kos, surgery, tricorder

In the original Star Trek TV series, the physician on the USS Enterprise, Bones McCoy, would diagnose his patients with just a few waves of his hand-held “tricorder”. Well, medical science has not progressed that far, at least not yet. (more…)

Our Solar System’s “shocking” origin

By Guest PostDecember 10, 2017Sciencealan boss, iron 60, myriam telus, radioactive isotopes, sandra keiser, shocking origin, solar system

Washington, DC— According to one longstanding theory, our Solar System’s formation was triggered by a shock wave from an exploding supernova. The shock wave injected material from the exploding star into a neighboring cloud of dust and gas, causing it to collapse in on itself and form the Sun and its surrounding planets. (more…)

Benefits of Advanced Wood-Burning Stoves Greater Than Thought

By Guest PostDecember 10, 2017Environment, Scienceaditya sinha, andrew grieshop, benefits, pm per kilogram, stephen reece, traditional stoves, wood burning stoves

A recent study from North Carolina State University finds that advanced wood-burning stoves designed for use in the developing world can reduce air pollution more than anticipated, because gaseous emissions from traditional wood stoves form more particulate matter in the atmosphere than researchers previously thought. (more…)

Klimatische Extreme lösten Migration aus

By Guest PostDecember 9, 2017Environment, Politicsannette boesmeier, auswanderung sueddeutscher, iso himmelsbach, klimatische extreme, migration, nordamerika, ruediger glaser

Freiburger Forscher veröffentlichen Studie zur Auswanderung Süddeutscher im 19. Jahrhundert

Mehr als fünf Millionen Deutsche emigrierten im 19. Jahrhundert nach Nordamerika, viele aus dem süddeutschen Raum. Sie flohen vor Armut, Krieg und Revolution – und vor starken Klimaschwankungen. Denn wie eine Studie von Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Glaser, Dr. Iso Himmelsbach und Annette Bösmeier vom Institut für Umweltsozialwissenschaften und Geographie der Universität Freiburg zeigt, waren diese Schwankungen eine der Hauptursachen der Migrationswellen aus der Region des heutigen Landes Baden-Württemberg nach Nordamerika. (more…)

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