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Jun 3, 2013
LabOnline.com.au - A common myth which has persisted around medieval cathedrals is that the stained glass inside them becomes thicker at the bottom because it moves over time. But a team at Texas Tech University has shown that the glass is not going anywhere
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May 30, 2013
The Economist - OIL and water do not mix. Allegedly. But try telling that to the clean-up team after an accident at sea involving a tanker or an oil rig. Getting the oil out of the water is awkward, expensive and often involves chemical dispersants. A better approach would be to soak it up using an absorbant solid—in effect, wiping the sea clean with a rag. And that is what Seshadri Ramkumar and Vinitkumar Singh, of Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, hope to do, almost literally. Their plan is to absorb spilled oil with cotton.
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May 30, 2013
On Wall Street - To deal with information overload and process new information, people tend to create mental shortcuts, according to Deena Katz, associate professor in the Personal Financial Planning Division at Texas Tech University. When making decisions under uncertainty, these mental shortcuts, or heuristics, can sometimes take them down the wrong path.
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May 29, 2013
AdvisorOne - To many veteran planners, the recommendations of scientists don’t always seem that useful. Even if an advisor knows that a recommended strategy is theoretically optimal, that doesn’t necessarily mean a client is going to follow it. The right recommendation may be one that recognizes both the theoretical optimum and the behavioral idiosyncrasies of the client. Financial planner and Texas Tech University Adjunct Professor Harold Evensky developed the so-called two bucket strategy to help client’s maintain a scientifically optimal investment portfolio through the use of a behavioral trick—narrow framing.
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