1/3 of planets orbiting common stars could be right for life
The Milky Way likely has hundreds of millions of planets that are promising targets to probe for signs of life outside our solar system.
Artificial sweetener chemical breaks up DNA
A chemical formed when we digest a common artificial sweetener breaks up DNA, according to new research.
Guest Post: Jillian Grennan, Charting New Paths in Innovation: Reflections from Harvard’s Innovation Economics Conference
(Editor’s note: (This post is part of a series by the Diversity Pilots Initiative, which advances inclusive innovation through rigorous research. The first blog in the series is here, and resources from the first conference of the initiative are available here. -Jason)
By: Jillian Grennan, Associate Professor of Finance and Principal, Diversity Pilots Initiative
Recently, I had the privilege of being part of the Junior Innovation Economics Conference at Harvard Business School. This diverse gathering of scholars from fields as varied as management, technology, economics, finance, and public policy delved headlong into the intricate dynamics of invention and innovation policy. Several researchers spoke about issues relevant for better understanding diversity and inclusion in the inventive process and how to improve it. These included: documenting gender disparities in attribution for innovative output, understanding how “opt-in” organizational processes can unlock the innovative potential of engineers from underrepresented groups, and measuring how broader representation can help bring more valuable innovations to market.
Britta Glennon, a researcher exploring the interaction between diversity and corporate strategy, shed new light on the well-documented fact that women publish and patent less than men. The reasons behind these gender disparities remain largely unknown.
Guest Post: Jillian Grennan, Charting New Paths in Innovation: Reflections from Harvard’s Innovation Economics Conference
(Editor’s note: (This post is part of a series by the Diversity Pilots Initiative, which advances inclusive innovation through rigorous research. The first blog in the series is here, and resources from the first conference of the initiative are available here. -Jason)
By: Jillian Grennan, Associate Professor of Finance and Principal, Diversity Pilots Initiative
Recently, I had the privilege of being part of the Junior Innovation Economics Conference at Harvard Business School. This diverse gathering of scholars from fields as varied as management, technology, economics, finance, and public policy delved headlong into the intricate dynamics of invention and innovation policy. Several researchers spoke about issues relevant for better understanding diversity and inclusion in the inventive process and how to improve it. These included: documenting gender disparities in attribution for innovative output, understanding how “opt-in” organizational processes can unlock the innovative potential of engineers from underrepresented groups, and measuring how broader representation can help bring more valuable innovations to market.
Britta Glennon, a researcher exploring the interaction between diversity and corporate strategy, shed new light on the well-documented fact that women publish and patent less than men. The reasons behind these gender disparities remain largely unknown.
Heart attack tied to faster cognitive decline later
The decline in global cognition after a heart attack was equivalent to about six to 13 years of cognitive aging, a study found.
Seize joy or delay gratification? Both work
Both immediate, in-the-moment happiness and the version of happiness that focuses on delayed gratification have benefits, research finds.
Bermuda is key to American colonial history
A new history book makes the case that the small island of Bermuda is nothing less than “the crucible of colonization.”
Bermuda is key to American colonial history
A new history book makes the case that the small island of Bermuda is nothing less than “the crucible of colonization.”
Nanoparticles could form ‘fire ice’ structure
Water clathrates are called “fire ice” when they occur in the ocean. Researchers want to create nanoparticle clathrate structures.
Nanoparticles could form ‘fire ice’ structure
Water clathrates are called “fire ice” when they occur in the ocean. Researchers want to create nanoparticle clathrate structures.