Category: Education
Can too much talent harm a team?
Research from Columbia Business School shows that teams with the most talent don’t always get the best results. Professor Adam Galinsky, the Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, examined a variety of team-based situations — including […]
iPads can help the visually impaired
A study recently described in Good Times Magazine provides the first experimental evidence that the Apple iPad is as good as technology traditionally used in reading rehabilitation for individuals with visual impairment. And that could help with stigmatization of the […]
Body language reveals personality
A team of experts, including from the University of Exeter, has shown that people who display similar behavioural characteristics tend to move their bodies in the same way. The new study suggests that each person has an individual motor signature […]
New method measures nicotine delivery from e-cigarettes
A recent study that evaluated a new method for measuring nicotine delivery from e-cigarettes found that ‘first-generation’ e-cigarettes, which use ‘cartomizers’, deliver nicotine less consistently than later-generation e-cigarettes, which use ‘atomizers’ that vaporize liquid contained in a refillable tank. The […]
High-intensity training could hurt
A study by Canadian and European researchers found signs of stress in the muscle tissues of their non-athlete, untrained subjects after ultra-intense leg and arm cycling exercises. Perhaps more concerning, researchers reported the untrained subjects had a weakened ability to […]
Stroke drug delivers promising results
New research has provided more evidence that an innovative treatment strategy may help prevent brain swelling and death in stroke patients. J. Marc Simard, professor of neurosurgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, along with colleagues at Yale […]
Diabetes can be reversed through diet
A new study from Newcastle University has shown that people who reverse their diabetes and then keep their weight down remain free of diabetes. In addition, the team found that even patients who have had Type 2 diabetes for up […]
Benefits of sit-stand desks unproven
The benefits of sit-stand desks are still unproven, according to a review of published research conducted by Cochrane Collaboration authors. Kay Dickersin, PhD, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who is also director of the […]
Fiddling with phones make it easier for pickpockets
People who are busy with their phones are less sensitive to touch, so are more likely to be victims of pickpockets. The research by Dr Sandra Murphy and Dr Polly Dalton of Royal Holloway, University of London explains why you […]
School breakfasts contribute to healthy weight
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So important, in fact, that it’s okay doing it twice. A study found that middle school students who eat breakfast in school—even if they already had breakfast at home—are lesslikely to […]
