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Psychoactive supper shines a light on blanket substance ban
Last night researchers at the University of Warwick hosted a ‘Psychoactive Supper’ to stimulate discussion about the concept of psycho-activity, central to The Psychoactive Substances Act (2016), a new piece of UK legislation that seeks to ban ‘legal highs’ by instituting a blanket ban on all psychoactive substances.
Mark Taylor to leave WBS to be Dean at top US school
WBS Dean Professor Mark Taylor is to become Dean of John M Olin Business School at Washington University in St Louis in the US. He will also hold an endowed Chair in International Finance at Washington University when he takes up the post on December 1.
Brexit would harm the UK's inward investment
Leaving the European Union would see foreign direct investment into the UK drop dramatically, taking four years to recover and remaining at a reduced level in the long-term.
That is the finding of new research from Warwick Business School which looked at the short-term and long-term impact of policy changes and external shocks on foreign direct investment (FDI) into the UK from 1963 to 2014.
Whistleblowers' mental health attacked by firms
Organisations demonise whistleblowers leaving some suicidal in an attempt to paint them as mentally ill and discredit their claims, according to new research by Warwick Business School.
Massive new mathematical database keeps web and banking security ahead of the curve
Mathematicians from 12 countries haved launched a massive mathematical database of mathematical objects including elliptic curves, and a special class of zeroes, that has already been deployed to protect our bank accounts and solve mathematical problems in physics and in prime number theory.
Breast cancer detection rates of mammogram readers don’t decline over time
A new study has found there is no decline over time in the accuracy of medical staff who analyse mammogram scans for indications of breast cancer.
Research conducted at the University of Warwick investigated whether detection rates dropped towards the end of each batch of mammogram readings.