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Professor John Willoughby - Christian Fignole | Challenging Traditional Economic Assumptions about Capitalism, Socialism and Enterprise Ownership • scipod.global
Research from Professor John Willoughby and Christian Fignole at American University in Washington DC examines how diverse ownership structures persist in market economies, challenging the assumption ...
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Dr Adrian-Sebastian Zus | When Arteries Rebel: Preventing Radial Artery Spasm • scipod.global
Most of us never give much thought to the small artery that runs along the inside of our wrist, the radial artery. You can feel it easily if you press your fingers just below your thumb. Yet in modern...
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Dr. Raymond Atwebembere | Restoring Connection: Understanding Suicide Through Human Stories • scipod.global
Loneliness is often described as the invisible epidemic of our time. It creeps quietly into lives, eroding confidence, weakening social bonds, and, at its most dangerous, pushing individuals toward th...
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Professor Roger Ulrich | Revisiting Mount Wilson: How corrected solar data revealed a groundbreaking discovery • scipod.global
Between 1982 and 2012, the 150-foot solar tower at Mount Wilson Observatory collected a vast archive of observations of the Sun’s surface. In a series of recent studies, Professor Roger Ulrich, togeth...
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Professor Ukamaka Oruche | When Science Meets Real-world Barriers: Lessons from the Frontlines of Mental Health • scipod.global
By all measures, America’s mental health system is stretched too thin. Families are in crisis, community mental health providers are overworked, and groundbreaking research often struggles to find its...
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Dr Jerzy Lorkiewicz | How a Thin Film Could Transform the Future of Particle Accelerators • scipod.global
Building the next generation of particle accelerators depends on solving surprisingly small but stubborn material-related problems. Dr Jerzy Lorkiewicz and his collaborators of the National Centre for...
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Dr Michelangelo Anastassiades - Ann‑Kathrin Schäfer | A Smart Solution for Detecting Hidden Pesticides in Food • scipod.global
Highly polar pesticides such as glyphosate are notoriously difficult to detect in food due to their chemical properties and interference from natural food compounds. A new method developed by Dr Miche...
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· Sep 11
Professor Dr. Frederik Wenz | McDonaldization in Healthcare: Opportunities and Pitfalls for Patients and Providers • scipod.global
If you stroll into a McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in Paris, Tokyo, or New York, you’ll notice that the Big Mac tastes the same, the menu looks familiar, and the process is quick and efficient. You ...
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· Sep 11
Dr. Adam W. Carrico | Biobehavioral Approaches to HIV Prevention and Treatment in Sexual Minority Men Who Use Stimulants • scipod.global
Research from Dr. Adam W. Carrico at the Florida International University, and his colleagues, explores innovative approaches to address HIV prevention and treatment challenges among sexual minority m...
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· Sep 11
Dr Maysa Falah - Dr Michael Dillon | Threats in the Medicine Cabinet – What Jordan’s Experience Reveals about a Global Challenge • scipod.global
When we reach into a medicine cabinet we aim to find something to relieve our symptoms and treat our ailments. This could be a painkiller for a headache, an antibiotic for an infection, or insulin for...
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· Sep 4
Alexander Nielsen | The Unintended Impacts of Training Walls and Groynes • scipod.global
Training walls and entrance breakwaters have long been used to keep estuary entrances clear of shoals that threaten boat navigation and increase flood risks for nearby communities. But new research by...
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· Sep 4
Dr. Bernhard Reinsberg - Dr. Christoph Valentin Steinert | How Human Rights Laws and Economic Competitiveness Can Co-Exist • scipod.global
Research from Dr. Bernhard Reinsberg at the University of Glasgow and Dr. Christoph Valentin Steinert at the University of Zurich reveals how France's groundbreaking mandatory due diligence law defied...
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· Sep 4
Professor Juliane Reinecke - Professor Jimmy Donaghey | How Deliberate Ambiguity Built One of the World's Most Successful Worker Safety Initiatives • scipod.global
Research from Professor Juliane Reinecke at the University of Oxford and Professor Jimmy Donaghey at the University of South Australia reveals how strategic ambiguity in international agreements can p...
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· Aug 27
Prof. Gerhard Schurz | Solving the Logical Conundrum of Inductive Inferences • scipod.global
In the 18th century, Scottish philosopher David Hume posed a confounding question about the nature of the scientific method. By questioning the logic behind making predictions based on past observatio...
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· Aug 27
Robert Nesbet | Universal conformal symmetry: Solution of the mysteries of cosmology? • scipod.global
For over a century, Einstein’s theory of general relativity has underpinned our understanding of gravity. However, it still hasn’t been able to explain some of the most enduring mysteries in cosmology...
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· Aug 20
Dr. Jacqueline Tabler | The Self-Organizing Bone Wave Underlying Skull Growth • scipod.global
We typically take our skulls for granted, beyond their basic function in keeping our brain safe and sound within our head. When you look in the mirror, the shape of your skull, which forms the very st...
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