28-Jan-2025 How minority ownership labels influence brand evaluations American Marketing Association Disclosing minority ownership can build resilience during product failures by leveraging consumer empathy. Journal Journal of Marketing
28-Jan-2025 Opting for R-rated: One way to draw more customers is to lock out others University of Texas at Austin Why would film producers seek an R rating instead of making their film accessible to a broader audience? There are key financial reasons, and the principle applies to marketing for many types of products and services, says Raghunath Rao, chair of the Department of Marketing and the Arthur James Douglass Centennial Professor in Entrepreneurship and Small Business at Texas McCombs. Sometime, pushing away one group of customers can ultimately increase profits. Journal Quantitative Marketing and Economics
28-Jan-2025 Virtual reality meditation can alleviate depression and anxiety symptoms Texas A&M University A new study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health provides additional evidence that meditation using immersive virtual reality devices provides greater relief from depression and anxiety symptoms than meditation alone. Journal Frontiers in Psychology Funder national council for therapeutic recreation certification
28-Jan-2025 An overlooked nuclear force helps keep matter stable Kyushu University Researchers from Kyushu University, Japan have revealed how a special type of force within an atom’s nucleus, known as the three-nucleon force, impacts nuclear stability. The study, published in Physics Letters B, provides insight into why certain nuclei are more stable than others and may help explain astrophysical processes, such as the formation of heavy elements within stars. Journal Physics Letters B Funder Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan Science and Technology Agency
28-Jan-2025 Exploring a new qubit with the gemstone spinel Tohoku University Researchers have discovered that the gemstone spinel is capable of storing quantum information, making it a viable material in the field of quantum technology. Journal Applied Physics Express
27-Jan-2025 Light-bulb moment. Call to switch over to non-drug solution for insomnia Flinders University Instead of reaching for a pill, more people should switch to the recommended ‘first line’ for insomnia – the non-drug option. After exhaustive studies, the specially designed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia (or ‘CBTi’) has been rated the most effective long-term solution for the common sleep condition – and Flinders University experts are calling for more GPs and psychologists to help roll it out in Australia. Journal Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine Funder National Health and Medical Research Council
27-Jan-2025 Team uses achiral hard banana-shaped particles to assemble skyrmions and blue phases International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2) The team’s findings have potential applications in photonics and memory devices. Journal Nature Communications Funder Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, NWO ENW PPS Fund 2018-Technology Area Soft Advanced Materials, European Research Council
27-Jan-2025 Biomass-derived electrocatalysts: A leap towards sustainable energy conversion Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University Researchers introduced a novel classification system for biomass-derived electrocatalysts (BDEs), categorizing them based on their roles in catalytic systems rather than feedstocks. This approach addresses limitations in traditional classifications, providing a foundation for a biomass-derived database to accelerate the development of tailored catalysts for sustainable energy technologies. Journal Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research
26-Jan-2025 The future of research into decision-making under stress Intelligent Computing The book Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman, put forward the idea that we reason using not one but two systems, System 1 and System 2, which are fast and slow, respectively. According to Kahneman’s model, we use System 1 when stress is very low or very high and we use System 2 when stress is moderate. Studies that explore how we use these systems for decision-making in various stressful conditions have recently been summarized in a systematic review that asks three questions: What experimental protocols should be used? How should physiological responses to stress be measured? How can physiological measurements be used to represent stress quantitatively? The open access review article, titled “Measurement and Quantification of Stress in the Decision Process: A Model-Based Systematic Review”, was published Sep. 18 in Intelligent Computing, a Science Partner Journal. Journal Intelligent Computing Funder Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
24-Jan-2025 Special issue explores safety management of marine biotoxins in South Korea Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology Ocean Science Journal Special Issue Highlight: Safety Management of Marine Biotoxins in South Korea Journal Ocean Science Journal
