Research Analysis
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Biometrics and Artificial Neural Networks: How Big Data Collection Works in Your Favor
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Experimental research reveals that biometrics matched with artificial computers can help generate significantly more accurate security measures.
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Should Crop Price Matter When Determining Irrigation Acreage?
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A new study attempts to predict demand for water in agricultural regions, allowing a better selection of irrigated acreage and an overall increase in water savings.
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An Irrational Decision? Preventative Care Use Declines During High Unemployment
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A new study suggests that preventative care has lower demand during high unemployment because it has an immediate cost but a delayed benefit.
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Sharing the Burden: Are Cost Sharing Initiatives as Effective among Individuals with Lower Incomes?
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Who bears the burden of increased patient cost sharing?
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Can Separate Still Be Equal? A Look at Gender Sorting in American Schools
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A new study finds that school choice increases gender sorting in our nation’s schools.
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Good Day Sunshine: Investigating Solar Installation and Home Resale Premiums
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A new study explores the home resale premiums associated with solar photovoltaic systems and how these premiums compare to predictions from standard appraisal techniques.
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More Efficient Energy Efficiency: Smarter Program Targeting Means Higher Savings
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New research shows that targeting high energy customers is an effective way to achieve substantial energy savings in utility conservation and efficiency programs.
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No Excuses: BP-funded Study Suggests Mercury Limits Are Attainable
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An analysis of 11 mercury removal methods finds that meeting federal limits for mercury levels in wastewater is possible with current technologies.
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Waiting for Superbugs: Patient expectations drive dangerous overprescription of antibiotics
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A recent study investigates the link between the public health hazard of antibiotic resistance and the prescription of ineffectual antibiotics for bronchitis.
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Recipe for Disaster: The Link Between Urban Planning and Karachi’s Political Violence
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Researchers explain political violence in Pakistan’s largest city in terms of informal urban planning rather than ethnic tensions.
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Expiring Budgets and Spending Sprees: The Cost of Use-it-or-Lose-it Budgeting
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Spikes in spending at the fiscal year-end lead to staggering losses and inefficiencies in government procurement.