Research
How to Keep Older Workers From Leaving During Great Resignation
Experienced older workers will retire eventually, but a new study suggests how employers may persuade some of them to stick around for a few more years. It all comes down to offering a specific type ...
Customers Trust Bots That Seem Human
The helpful person guiding you through your online purchase might not be a person at all. As artificial intelligence and natural language processing advance, we often don't know if we are talking to ...
Lack of Historical Records Not the Reason Atlantic Hurricanes Seem More Frequent — They Really Are
Forecasting how storms may change in the future, it helps to know something about their past. Judging from historical records dating back to the 1850s, hurricanes in the North Atlantic have become ...
Pandemic Lockdowns Only Work for a Limited Time, Study Finds
As the world struggles to contain the spread of COVID-19, many countries grapple with the possibility of imposing more lockdown measures, like those widely used in the spring of 2020. But how well do ...
Cost of Cyber Disruptions on Critical Infrastructure At Least $8M Per Day: Research
The resilience of America's critical infrastructure networks has been tested over the last year by an increasing number of serious disasters—both natural and manmade—including winter storms ...
AI Improves Prediction of Key Wildfire Spark—Lightning
Lightning is one of the most destructive forces of nature, as in 2020 when it sparked the massive California Lightning Complex fires, but it remains hard to predict. A new study led by the University ...
Holiday Theft Trends; Driver, Hauler Tips For Protecting Precious Cargo
Networking equipment, tequila and footwear were high on the list of thieves intercepting cargo shipments during the 2020 holiday season, Verisk's CargoNet reported yesterday. CargoNet also offered ...
Cyber Attacks Can Target 3D-Printed Drones, Medical Devices, COVID Masks
Cybersecurity researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and the Georgia Institute of Technology have proposed new ways to protect 3D-printed objects such as drones, prostheses and medical ...