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The procurement of innovation by the U.S. government
The U.S. government invests more than $50 billion per year in R&D procurement but we know little about the outcomes of these investments. We have traced all the patents... -
Election forensics: Using machine learning and synthetic data for possible el...
: Assuring election integrity is essential for the legitimacy of elected representative democratic government. Until recently, other than in-person election observation, there... -
White matter hyperintensities and the mediating role of cerebral amyloid angi...
Introduction White matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume on MRI is increased among presymptomatic individuals with autosomal dominant mutations for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). One... -
Autism spectrum disorder, politics, and the generosity of insurance mandates ...
The study of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the United States has identified a growing prevalence of the disorder across the country, a high economic burden for necessary... -
Bilingualism and working memory performance: Evidence from a large-scale onli...
The bilingual executive advantage (BEA) hypothesis has attracted considerable research interest, but the findings are inconclusive. We addressed this issue in the domain of... -
Vicious circles of gender bias, lower positions, and lower performance: Gende...
It is often argued that female researchers publish on average less than male researchers do, but male and female authored papers have an equal impact. In this paper we try to... -
The proximal experience of awe.
Research on awe has grown exponentially in recent decades; however, few studies have considered whether awe-inspiring experiences also inspire other emotions. In two studies, we... -
Tweeting about public health policy::social media response to the UK Governme...
Background Standardised tobacco packaging has been, and remains, a contentious policy globally, attracting corporate, public health, political, media and popular attention. In... -
Enlisting the support of trusted sources to tackle policy problems: The case ...
Antimicrobial resistance represents one of the world’s most pressing public health problems. Governments around the world have—and will continue to—develop policy proposals to... -
Multi-institutional study of GRE scores as predictors of STEM PhD degree comp...
The process of selecting students likely to complete science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs has not changed greatly over the last few decades... -
High school science fair and research integrity
Research misconduct has become an important matter of concern in the scientific community. The extent to which such behavior occurs early in science education has received... -
Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation: Exposing misleading argument...
Misinformation can undermine a well-functioning democracy. For example, public misconceptions about climate change can lead to lowered acceptance of the reality of climate... -
Lie prevalence, lie characteristics and strategies of self-reported good liars
Meta-analytic findings indicate that the success of unmasking a deceptive interaction relies more on the performance of the liar than on that of the lie detector. Despite this... -
Expert opinion on metal chains and other indestructible objects as proper enr...
EC Directive 2001/93 requires that all pigs have access to proper investigation and manipulation materials. Intensively farmed pigs in Europe are frequently provided with a... -
Global health research and education at medical faculties in Germany
Background Universities undertake the majority of publicly funded research in Germany and hence bear a responsibility to contribute to global health efforts. So far,... -
Scientists' Prioritization of Communication Objectives for Public Engagement.
Amid calls from scientific leaders for their colleagues to become more effective public communicators, this study examines the objectives that scientists’ report drive their... -
You don’t have to be rich to save money: On the relationship between objectiv...
Saving is an important financial behavior that provides an individual with psychological security and boosts his/her overall sense of well-being. For this reason, scientists and... -
Developing a Tool for Increasing the Awareness about Gendered and Intersectio...
OBJECTIVE: There is a need for tools addressing gender inequality in the everyday clinical work in health care. The aim of our paper was to develop a tool for increasing the... -
Small changes, big gains: A curriculum-wide study of teaching practices and s...
A growing body of evidence has shown that active learning has a considerable advantage over traditional lecture for student learning in undergraduate STEM classes, but there... -
The mathematics of market timing
Market timing is an investment technique that tries to continuously switch investment into assets forecast to have better returns. What is the likelihood of having a successful...
