Electrical energy fuels our modern lives, from the computer screen that keeps us up after sunset to the coffee maker that greets us at sunrise. But the electricity underlying our 21st century world, by and large, is generated at a cost — through the unsustainable expenditure of fossil fuels. For decades this demand for cheap, fast and non-renewable electricity has promoted pollution and global warming. (more…)
November is just few months away. Two top candidates are getting busier with their campaigns. Election market is very hot at the moment. It’s all about going into the Oval Office. (more…)
„Ohne Moral funktioniert kein Markt“ – Claus Dierksmeier setzt sich für Reform der Lehre in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften ein
In der Debatte um eine Neuausrichtung der Wirtschaftswissenschaften hat der Philosoph und Wirtschaftsethiker Professor Claus Dierksmeier gefordert, moralische Prinzipien wieder ins Zentrum ökonomischen Denkens zu rücken. „Wirtschaftsethik muss von einer Seitenbegrenzung zu einer ganzheitlichen und strategischen Dimension der Wirtschaftstheorie avancieren“, erklärt Dierksmeier, Professor für Wirtschafts- und Globalisierungsethik an der Universität Tübingen in seinem neuen Buch „Reframing Economic Ethics. The Philosophical Foundations of Humanistic Management“. Dieses Umdenken müsse sich auch in der akademischen Lehre der Wirtschaftswissenschaften widerspiegeln. (more…)
Michigan State University was part of a team that’s providing new insights into the molecular basis of human diseases resulting from mutations in the calcium-sensing receptor, or CaSR, a protein found in cell membranes. (more…)
WWF-Bericht zum World Ranger Day: Mindestens 107 getötete Ranger im letzten Jahr / 20 Prozent der Wildhüter weltweit ohne Krankenversicherung, 45 Prozent ohne Arbeitsunfähigkeitsversicherung (more…)
IBM scientists will collaborate with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to test on prostate cancer
Yorktown Heights, N.Y. – 01 Aug 2016: IBM scientists have developed a new lab-on-a-chip technology that can, for the first time, separate biological particles at the nanoscale and could help enable physicians to detect diseases such as cancer before symptoms appear. (more…)
Social anxiety can be a crippling disability to live with. It can interfere with your ability to make friends, find romantic connections, and even leave your home. Learning to cope properly is important because many people resort to self-medication, which leads to addiction. Healthy ways to manage anxiety come in many forms, and each person needs to find what works for them. With that in mind, we share a few options for people to cope with social anxiety in healthy ways. (more…)
AUSTIN, Texas — Research published in the May 6 edition of Science indicates that slow-motion earthquakes or “slow-slip events” can rupture the shallow portion of a fault that also moves in large, tsunami-generating earthquakes. The finding has important implications for assessing tsunami hazards. The discovery was made by conducting the first-ever detailed investigation of centimeter-level seafloor movement at an offshore subduction zone. (more…)
