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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 24-Dec-2025 16:12 ET (24-Dec-2025 21:12 GMT/UTC)

Navigating the knowledge paradox: Why having some answers can be worse than having none

Yonsei University

Temporally complex problem-solving environments are commonplace in organizations. In an innovative study, a researcher from Yonsei University, in collaboration with other scientists, has shown that limited external knowledge in such situations can lead to worse performance than having no external knowledge at all. These findings are expected to further organizational decision-making and strategy, education and training, public policy and healthcare, technology and AI integration, and individual career development.

Journal: Organization Science

School meals could drive economic growth and food system transformation

University College London
Reports and Proceedings

School meals, provided for free by governments around the world, could be used to curb global hunger and promote a sustainable global food system, finds a new study by UCL (University College London) researchers.

ORNL receives 2025 SAMPE Organizational Excellence Award

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering has named the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory as the recipient of the 2025 SAMPE Organizational Excellence Award.

Mizzou economists: 2025 farm income boosted by high cattle prices and one-time payments

University of Missouri-Columbia
Reports and Proceedings

Net farm income in the United States is projected to reach $177 billion in 2025, a sharp increase from $128 billion in 2024. This is according to the latest update of the annual U.S. farm income and consumer food price report by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.

Schaeffer Center white paper outlines FDA reforms to boost pharmaceutical innovation and expand access

University of Southern California
Reports and Proceedings

To harness the full potential of new medical technologies, a new white paper calls for significant FDA reforms to streamline clinical trials, provide greater certainty for innovators and speed game-changing treatments to more patients.

Funder: Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics

Excess HIV infections and costs associated with reductions in HIV prevention services in the us

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this economic evaluation estimating effects of the possible health care policy changes on HIV transmission, findings suggest that even modest reductions in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) coverage would result in thousands of avoidable HIV infections and billions of dollars of increases in net health care costs.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

How nations balanced health and economy in the COVID-19 pandemic: A global review

Shinshu University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

How did different countries fare in achieving a balance between infection control and economic stability during the COVID-19 pandemic? To address this question, researchers studied the temporal dynamics of number of deaths, vaccination rates, production, and economic recovery across multiple countries. The study highlights that countries differed in risk attitudes and economic preferences that shaped policy decisions, hence impacting their performance. These insights will benefit governments and citizens in forming social defense during future pandemics.

Journal: Journal of Policy Modeling
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan Center for Economic Research

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