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New quantum information record set

Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials, working in partnership with academics in Harvard University, California Institute of Technology and Max-Planck-Institut f

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Clayton Christensen On How To Find Work That You Love

When we find ourselves stuck in unhappy careers, it is often the result of a fundamental misunderstanding of what truly motivates us, says Clayton Christensen, co-author of the new book "How Will You Measure Your Life?" Back in 1976, two economists, Michael Jensen and William Meckling, published a paper looking at why managers don’t always behave in a way that is in the best interest of shareholders. The root cause, as Jensen and Meckling saw it, is that people work in accordance with how you pay them

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The Best Product Doesn’t Always Win

Entrepreneurs often think only the best product will let them succeed. But sometimes 'best' isn't what your customers really want. Ever buy and eat a meal from a lunch wagon

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What Good Bosses Do With Bad Apples

This is the second in a series excerpted from a new chapter in the paperback version of Good Boss, Bad Boss , a New York Times bestseller by Robert Sutton .

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FDA to review inhalable caffeine

U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials plan to investigate whether inhalable caffeine sold in lipstick-sized canisters is safe for consumers and if its manufacturer was right to brand it as a dietary supplement.

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The Facebook IPO Players Club: Dustin Moskovitz

They were doing just fine before, but Facebook's biggest minority owners are about to be catapulted into a far more elite bracket. As we ponder what they'll do with with new millions (maybe over $4 billion for Dustin Moskovitz!), here's a look at what got them where they are today. Who he is: Dustin Moskovitz was born May 22, 1984--the year the Apple Macintosh landed, if that makes you feel old--and he's just eight days younger than Mark Zuckerberg

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Illusion Contest Offers Mind-Warping Visions (preview)

Jordan Suchow came to three rapid-fire conclusions as he watched his Macintosh laptop plummet toward the floor. First, in approximately 300 milliseconds he was going to be in a heap of trouble--the machine had been given to him by his thesis adviser, George Alvarez of Harvard University

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Illusion Contest Offers Mind-Warping Visions (preview)

Jordan Suchow came to three rapid-fire conclusions as he watched his Macintosh laptop plummet toward the floor. First, in approximately 300 milliseconds he was going to be in a heap of trouble--the machine had been given to him by his thesis adviser, George Alvarez of Harvard University.

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Our Perfect Merger (and Acquisition)

In a single year, a couple got married, got pregnant, and founded a fast-growing company. Two-thousand and five was the year of the perfect merger and acquisition.

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Our Perfect Merger (and Acquisition)

In a single year, a couple got married, got pregnant, and founded a fast-growing company. Two-thousand and five was the year of the perfect merger and acquisition

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Slow road to stability for emulsions

By studying the behavior of tiny particles at an interface between oil and water, researchers at Harvard have discovered that stabilized emulsions may take longer to reach equilibrium than previously thought.

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Progress in quantum computing, qubit by qubit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers and physicists at Harvard have managed to capture light in tiny diamond pillars embedded in silver, releasing a stream of single photons at a controllable rate.

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