Sentences with phrase «researchers found more than»

In a new study, Harvard University researchers found more than 90 % of potential new Canadian hydroelectric projects are likely to increase concentrations of the neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg) in food webs near indigenous communities.

Even worse, researchers found more than half of borrowers in default would qualify for an income - driven repayment plan that would significantly reduce their monthly payments.

A separate study last year by University of Chicago researchers found more than one - third of US marriages between 2005 and 2012 began with online dating, and those couples may be slightly happier than couples who meet through other means.

Among 900 hospitals, the researchers found more than 144,000 ER visits related to chemical eye burns across all age groups.

By scanning the entire human genome in search of genetic variations that may signal recent evolution, University of Chicago researchers found more than 700 genetic variants that may be targets of recent natural positive selection during the past 10,000 years of human evolution.

In one patch of reef in the Philippines, researchers found more than 40 different kinds of sea slugs that are likely new to science, including the lacy - looking specimen above.

The researchers found more than 9000 genes that were either more or less likely to be methylated depending on whether the subject was lean or obese.

By analyzing genetic samples for over half a million individuals as part of the GIANT research project, which aims to identify genes that regulate human body and size, researchers found more than 100 locations across the genome that play roles in various obesity traits.

The researchers found more than 120,000 RNA transcripts, of which they estimate 15,000 code for proteins.

Even worse, researchers found more than half of borrowers in default would qualify for an income - driven repayment plan that would significantly reduce their monthly payments.

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The researchers also found that those individuals who checked their emails more frequently didn't perceive themselves as being more productive than those who had email restrictions.

In a study of more than 5,100 adults, researchers from the University of Illinois found that those who were the most optimistic were 76 percent more likely to have health scores in an ideal range.

One extra detail the researchers found: managers benefitted from the psychological impact of more open office plans — employees thought more highly of their boss's leadership abilities in this setting than in any other office type.

Using data from a large - scale study that tracked participants» diet and health information for more than a decade, researchers found an association between moderate chocolate consumption and a lowered risk for atrial fibrillation.

It advises manufacturers to take it more positively when vulnerabilities are found within their systems by rewarding the researchers rather than attempting to punish them.

For example, mocha was found to be significantly more likeable than brown — despite the fact that the researchers showed subjects the same color!

In fact, researchers at the Peterson Institute for International Economics found that organizations with even a single female board member or executive member showed 15 percent more productivity than their all male competitors.

The researchers» hypothesis was that any discrepancy would be far less than what European researchers were finding because of the more robust U.S. regulatory regimen.

... when researchers interviewed more than 150 people about their recent purchases, they found that money spent on activities — such as concerts and group dinners out — brought far more pleasure than material purchases like shoes, televisions, or expensive watches.

In 2011, after government researchers conducted a series of those tests, the European Commission found that diesel cars were spewing as much as seven times more NOx on actual roads than they were in the lab.

By examining the link between the subjects» dispositions and how much they earned, the researchers found that men who were slightly more agreeable than the mean earned 18 % less on average — that's US$ 9,772 less than their more disagreeable peers.

There's a compelling reason why: When its researchers examined more than 100 companies, they found that teaming up — even with rivals — boosted performance.

Researchers have found that putting in all those extra hours of work, specifically more than 50 hours, can end up being a waste of time from a productivity standpoint.

A Duke University researcher in 2006 found that more than 40 to 45 percent of our daily decisions are actually not decisions at all — they're habits.

One study conducted at UC Riverside found that Anglo - Americans benefitted more from happiness - increasing activities; however, researchers did see a small trend that Asians gained more from activities directed toward benefitting others» happiness, like writing a letter of gratitude, than activities strictly intended to benefit the self.

In a study done last month in the journal Environment and Behavior, researchers at Cornell University manipulated the gaze of the cartoon rabbit on Trix cereal boxes and found that adult subjects were more likely to choose Trix over competing brands if the rabbit was looking at them rather than away.

Researchers found that after adjusting for other variables, assets (not including IP) increased the chances a firm would hire more than revenue.

Researchers have found that more than half of Millennials prefer to consume email via a mobile device, compared with only 21 percent of Baby Boomers.

Like other researchers before them, Wong and Penner found that go od - looking people have a leg up in the workplace: Attractive individuals earn roughly 20 percent more than people of average attractiveness.

«We found that iPhone users had generally visited more stores on average [than Android owners],» the researcher added in a statement.

In a study released in May by the University of Castilla la Mancha, Spain, researchers analyzed the make up and results of more than 4,000 R&D teams around the world and found that gender diverse groups can lead to greater creativity and better decisions.

After more than 80 rounds of matching and guessing faces to occupations, the researchers found that the participants were able to accurately pick out the business, military and sports leaders more consistently than if they were guessing by chance.

Researchers at the University of Sussex found that reading is a more effective way to beat stress than listening to music or taking a walk.

More than 155,000 U.S. deaths in 2015 were related to pollution, the researchers found.

The FCC got more than 22 million comments during its review and several researchers found evidence that...

MEDIAL EARLYSIGN SHOWS AI AND EHR DATA CAN BE USED FOR EARLY DETECTION: Researchers from Medial EarlySign, a provider of machine - learning solutions, found that the combination of machine learning technology and electronic health record (EHR) data can be more effective than current clinical tools in identifying the risk of kidney damage in diabetics.

Researchers found that participants who visited social media services more than two hours a day had twice the odds for «social isolation» compared to peers who spent less than half an hour.

In a study of flu - related deaths between 1997 and 2007, published by the American Journal of Epidemiology, a group of researchers found that mortality was more common in men than women across multiple age - groups, regardless of underlying conditions.

Consider this: In one recent study of more than 7,000 study participants, researchers found that those who ate high - protein diets had a 90 % greater risk of gaining more than 10 % of their body weight during the course of the study than those who ate less of the stuff.

While skimping on sleep is associated with weight gain, researchers at Wake Forest found that those who sleep more than eight hours a night packed on more belly fat, the dangerous kind that's associated with heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.

European researchers found that people who work 11 hours or more every day have 60 % greater risk of heart attack, angina and death from cardiovascular disease than those who just work 7 or 8 hours, according to Bloomberg.

Researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands recently analyzed oils from the aforementioned creepy - crawlies and, per their findings, they have more than a hunch that oil from crickets is likely the most consumer - friendly option in the bunch.

Defying conventional wisdom, the researchers found that young companies that rely on one or two big clients were more successful than companies that didn't.

Researchers found that more than two hours of non-work-related social media use per day was correlated with double the chance of feeling social isolation compared with those who spent a half hour or less per day on such platforms.

More than 30 years ago, researchers Robert Gifford, Cheuk Fan Ng and Margaret Wilkinson found that, among other aspects, job candidates who used more hand gestures in their interviews were more likely to get hiMore than 30 years ago, researchers Robert Gifford, Cheuk Fan Ng and Margaret Wilkinson found that, among other aspects, job candidates who used more hand gestures in their interviews were more likely to get himore hand gestures in their interviews were more likely to get himore likely to get hired.

The researchers also found that companies that exit lenient categories are more likely to enter another lenient category than companies that choose to start in a more specific category.

That's according to researchers at the University of Notre Dame who also found that people who donate more than 10 percent of their incomes are less depressed than people who give less.

Brookings Institute researchers found that more than 20 % of Americans have a material error on their credit report that could affect their credit score — and many don't even know.

In a study published this year that tracked Best Buy's ROWE program, researchers at the University of Minnesota found that, while it had helped reduce employee turnover, women who took part still spent 10 hours more on child care per week than their male flextime colleagues.

(A recent study by three Boston University researchers found that patent trolls have cost publicly traded companies an average of $ 83 - billion annually over the past four years, more than a quarter of all U.S. industrial research and development spending during that period.)