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Research from Cass Business School finds battery icons on mobile phones shape how people view time and space, and how battery conservation practices define user identities.

People who have found themselves below the relative poverty threshold four or more times in their adult life age significantly earlier than others. This is shown in new research from the Department of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen.

A recent study led by researchers from the National University of Singapore revealed that regular tea drinkers have better organised brain regions compared to non-tea drinkers.

Marketers' ability to influence user-generated content surrounding customers' brand or firm-related interactions, and its sentiment in particular, may be an un-tapped use of social media in marketing.

Shrewd suppliers use pre-RFP meetings to intimidate competitors and go above the minimum with their RFP responses to gain advantage with barricaded buyers.

This observational study looked at the factors and outcomes associated with delaying the start of treatment for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in an underserved urban population. The analysis included 956 patients with HNSCC treated at a health center in New York City. The authors report that delaying the initiation of treatment beyond 60 days was associated with poorer survival and an increased risk of HNSCC recurrence.

The First-year Research Immersion (FRI) program at Binghamton University, State University of New York has proven that young college students are capable of leading real research. And according to a new study, students in FRI do better when the instructors who oversee their projects are provided extra training.

Do data privacy concerns disproportionately affect people who access the internet primarily through cell phones? New research from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University indicates that cell-mostly internet users are more likely to be exploited online, be victims of data leaks, have less knowledge of phone security practices, and have attitudes of resignation with regard to their agency over their data.

San Francisco State University Assistant Professor of Economics Sepideh Modrek studies tweets sent during the first week of the #MeToo movement to understand its magnitude.