News articles tagged with 'industry'
Health researchers call for alcohol industry to prove no harm in funding of sports
— 10 Nov 2009 17:10 | HealthResearchers from Australia and the UK are calling for a new approach to the debate over whether alcohol industry sponsorship of sports increases drinking among sports participants.... — full story
Lessons from oil industry may help address groundwater crisis
— 31 Oct 2009 14:44 | EnvironmentAlthough declining streamflows and half-full reservoirs have gotten most of the attention in water conflicts around the United States, some of the worst battles of the next century... — full story
How Chinese firms benefit from the diversity of foreign direct investment
— 20 Oct 2009 12:16 | TechnologyNew research from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business shows that the diversity of foreign invested firms' national origin helps businesses in China benefit from foreign... — full story
U of M research finds branded components changing industry structures
— 20 Aug 2009 11:47 | TechnologyBack in the day, planes, trains and automobiles all sported one brand name. If you bought a Boeing, you got, nose to tail, a Boeing. These days, however, complex industrial equipment... — full story
Nano measurement in the 3rd dimension
— 6 Jul 2009 14:09 | TechnologyFrom the motion sensor to the computer chip - in many products of daily life components are used whose functioning is based on smallest structures of the size of thousandths - or even... — full story
A dram a day to keep climate change at bay
— 19 Jun 2009 08:36 | EnvironmentGreenhouse gas flavoured whisky is on its way out. Scottish distillers, makers of iconic Scotch whiskies, have agreed to 'green' their production processes, meaning that whisky drinkers... — full story
Shipping would profit cutting emissions by one fifth
— 19 May 2009 16:06 | EnvironmentShipping - responsible for almost three percent of global emissions but not so far covered by any emissions reduction agreements - could reduce its climate impact by at least one fifth... — full story
UCSF study shows attitudes toward tobacco industry linked to smoking behaviour
— 7 May 2009 10:56 | HealthA new study by UCSF researchers concludes that media campaigns that portray the tobacco industry in a negative light and that appeal to young adults may be a powerful intervention to... — full story
Rocket launches may need regulation to prevent ozone depletion
— 1 Apr 2009 13:31 | EnvironmentThe global market for rocket launches may require more stringent regulation in order to prevent significant damage to Earth's stratospheric ozone layer in the decades to come, according... — full story
Kaiser Permanente teams with IBM to enhance technology-powered health care
— 19 Mar 2009 16:10 | HealthIBM and Kaiser Permanente announced they have entered into a strategic agreement designed to ensure the continued leadership of Kaiser Permanente's information technology (IT) capabilities,... — full story