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Special workplace benefits help relieve stress, improve bottom line
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While hundreds of thousands of American workers are losing jobs these days, many more are stressed out. For those fortunate to still have jobs in this down economy, however, companies can help alleviate workplace ...
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Get some balance - make flexible work policies work
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most organisations' flexible work policies sit idly in policy documents, employees too uncomfortable to implement them because they might be frowned upon by employers or co-workers for deviating from the ...
Television watching before bedtime can lead to sleep debt
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Television watching may be an important determinant of bedtime, and may contribute to chronic sleep debt.
Straighten up and fly right: Moths benefit more from flexible wings than rigid (w/ Videos)
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Most scientists who create models trying to understand the mechanics and aerodynamics of insect flight have assumed that insect wings are relatively rigid as they flap.
Flexible workplaces reduce rate of sickness absence
May 29, 2007 |
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People with fun and stimulating jobs, and who are able to adapt their workplace to their needs, have a lower rate of sickness absence and more often go to work despite being ill. This also applies to workplaces with heavy ...
Deflecting damage: Flexible electronics aid brain injury research
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Flexible electronic membranes may overcome a longstanding dilemma faced by brain researchers: How to replicate injuries in the lab without destroying the electrodes that monitor how brain cells respond to physical trauma.
Scientists Study How to Stack the Deck for Organic Solar Power
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new class of economically viable solar power cells--cheap, flexible and easy to make--has come a step closer to reality as a result of recent work at the National Institute of Standards ...
Deciding to have a baby is an easier step for public sector workers
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Nov 30, 2009 |
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Working for the public sector is good for fertility, according to new Economic and Social Research Council funded research at the University of Oxford. The study, which examined patterns of employment and childbearing decisions ...
Getting wrapped up in solar textiles
Jun 09, 2008 |
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Sheila Kennedy, an expert in the integration of solar cell technology in architecture who is now at MIT, creates designs for flexible photovoltaic materials that may change the way buildings receive and distribute ...
Seeking a Smarter Grid: Integrating Wind Energy by Linking Buildings to the Grid
Nov 24, 2009 |
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In utility parlance, wind energy is known as a “variable load.” That’s because wind is naturally unpredictable and inconstant. What’s worse, it is more likely to blow at night, when demand for electricity ...
Are there too many female medical graduates?
Apr 04, 2008 |
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More women now graduate from medical school than men, and soon male doctors will be in the minority. But are we risking future staffing problems, or is there still some way to go before we reach true equality? Two experts ...
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