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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 26-May-2026 15:15 ET (26-May-2026 19:15 GMT/UTC)

10-Mar-2026

How AI is integrated into clinical workflow lowers medical liability perception

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the field and practice of medicine, including legal liability. A new study found that the perception of physician liability is influenced by the way in which AI is integrated into a clinician’s workflow and the number of times a radiologist reviews a case when AI is involved.

9-Mar-2026

What makes a hit? On Tiktok and Spotify, listeners only partly decide

University of California - Davis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new University of California, Davis, study examined how the data-driven business models of TikTok and Spotify shape both the music artists make, and the songs people listen to. The study was published Feb. 27 in the journal Information, Communication & Society, and co-authored by researchers from Renmin University of China, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Tsinghua University.

Journal: Information Communication & Society

9-Mar-2026

Why nanotechnology breakthroughs often stagnate before reaching the market

University of East London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research suggests that the most formidable barrier to commercialising nanotechnology is not the science itself, but rather the way organisations manage the innovation process.

Journal: Technovation

9-Mar-2026

Online meetings come with pros and cons – managers should understand all of them

University of Eastern Finland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Video meetings have become a staple in the workplace. A recent study among senior IT industry managers shows that video meetings have a dual impact on remote leadership. Although Teams, Zoom and other tools for video meetings have become embedded in day-to-day organisational practices, their role in leadership has not been thoroughly examined from the perspective of technological opportunities and constraints – until now. Conducted at the University of Eastern Finland, the study found that video plays a dual role in leadership.

Journal: Information Technology and People

7-Mar-2026

NUS to offer Asia’s first bachelor’s-level geospatial intelligence programme to integrate geospatial data analysis with emerging technologies, artificial intelligence

National University of Singapore
Business Announcement

The National University of Singapore (NUS) will offer a new major in geospatial intelligence that will train students to harness geospatial data and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) to address complex problems in climate change mitigation, smart city design, business planning and more.

6-Mar-2026

New book examines how COVID-19 crisis entrenched inequality for women around the world

Simon Fraser University
Book Announcement

A newly released compendium, Feminism and COVID-19: How Women Fare in the Face of a Global Crisis, is revealing how women across the world were simultaneously critical for the success of the global COVID-19 response, and disproportionately impacted by the pandemic’s secondary effects, such as lost income, and increased unpaid care work and violence.

Book co-editors, Dr. Julia Smith of Simon Fraser University and Dr. Clare Wenham from the London School of Economics, gathered together a unique multidisciplinary and transnational team of authors and experts who examined nine case studies of the COVID-19 response and its global and local impacts on women from Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hong Kong, Kenya, Nigeria and the United Kingdom.

6-Mar-2026

The hidden cost of ‘bullshit’ corporate speak

Cornell University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak like “synergistic leadership,” or “growth-hacking paradigms” may struggle with practical decision-making, a new Cornell University study reveals.

Journal: Personality and Individual Differences

6-Mar-2026

Broad pay ranges in job postings linked to fewer female applicants

Cornell University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Pay range transparency laws that are intended to promote pay equity can inadvertently deter women from applying for those positions, thus perpetuating gender gaps in the workforce, according to research from Cornell University.

Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology

6-Mar-2026

Racial disparities in food insecurity for high- and low-income households

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: This cross-sectional study builds on prior evidence by documenting intersectional disparities in food insecurity persistent over 23 years despite multiple intervening policy and macroeconomic changes. As in a prior cross-sectional study, racial disparities were smaller among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-participating households than nonparticipating households.

Journal: JAMA Health Forum