Wish you could save more money? A new study led by Katy Milkman, a Wharton professor of operations, information and decisions and the co-director of Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative (BCFG) finds that simple reminder emails give people a…
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Regular email reminders can help bank customers save more money
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Is it OK to feel 'schadenfreude' at work? Here's how to navigate this complex emotion
Have you ever felt delighted (perhaps secretly) when something went wrong for someone else? We may not openly admit it, but many of us have probably felt this way—sometimes intentionally, sometimes unconsciously.
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Wireless Power Beamed From Moving Aircraft
On a blustery November day, a Cessna turboprop flew over Pennsylvania at 5,000 meters, in crosswinds of up to 70 knots—nearly as fast as the little plane was flying. But the bumpy conditions didn’t thwart its mission: to wirelessly beam power…
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Biochar boom-and-bust cycle | Nature Sustainability
Soil carbon sequestration is widely recognized as a key land-based strategy for removing atmospheric CO2, yet its alignment with renewable energy and biofuel policies remains limited1. Within this context, biochar has surged as a focal topic:…
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Domain consistent industrial decarbonisation of global coal power plants
Data-driven understanding of the coal power plant
Thermal power plants, especially coal-based plants, operate on a continuous heat exchange with the heating surfaces, produced from fuel combustion to produce high-enthalpy steam that expands in the…
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Mapping Europe’s rooftop photovoltaic potential with a building-level database
The suitable rooftop area for PV installations is significantly smaller than the rooftop footprint area. In the EU, residential buildings represent the largest proportion of the total buildings (87%−97% depending on country), Fig. 2a. This…
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Outcomes up to two years after Excimer-Laser-Multiple-Light-Redirection (Excimer-MLR) corneal treatment for retinal disorders with central visual loss
Seven patients (4 men, 3 women) who had been consecutively treated with unilateral Excimer-MLR satisfied the inclusion criteria. The mean patient age was 77 years (±11.5). Retinal pathologies confirmed by fundus examination and OCT and causing…
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Year in review 2025 | Nature Methods
2025 was an exciting year for mapping brains, which culminated in our selection of electron microscopy-based connectomics as Method of the Year. Alternative technologies such as X-ray tomography may also offer a strong alternative to electron…
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Newly discovered coffee compounds beat diabetes drug in lab tests
Three newly identified compounds were found to strongly inhibit α-glucosidase, an enzyme that plays a central role in breaking down carbohydrates during digestion. Because this enzyme directly affects how quickly sugars enter the bloodstream,…
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A never-before-seen creature has been found in the Great Salt Lake
Scientists studying the Great Salt Lake have identified at least one species of nematode that is completely new to science, with evidence suggesting there may be a second. Researchers from the University of Utah recently published a paper…
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