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FTC staff comments on FCC privacy proposal
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- Written by Lesley Fair - FTC Lesley Fair - FTC
- Published: 01 June 2016 01 June 2016
Washington, DC - The FCC asked – and we answered. Underway at the Federal Communications Commission is a proposed privacy rulemaking for broadband internet access service providers. The FCC sought public comment on the proposal and the staff of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection has offered its perspectives.
Purdue researchers survey 'ethical consumerism' views
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- Written by Keith Robinson Keith Robinson
- Published: 31 May 2016 31 May 2016
West Lafayette, Indiana - Research at Purdue University draws a connection between lifestyles choices and demographics of consumers and how they view not only their own social responsibility in their buying decisions but also that of corporations.
Finding a new formula for concrete
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- Written by Jennifer Chu Jennifer Chu
- Published: 30 May 2016 30 May 2016
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Researchers at MIT are seeking to redesign concrete - the most widely used human-made material in the world - by following nature’s blueprints.
Going to Chicago
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- Written by Lesley Fair - FTC Lesley Fair - FTC
- Published: 31 May 2016 31 May 2016
Chicago, Illinois - You want to build data security into your product development pipeline, but what concrete steps should you take to put that into practice? You could sit down over coffee with executives from Fortune 500 companies, innovative start-ups, and leading security firms to download their expertise, but the cost could be substantial in time, access, and caffeine. The FTC has a better idea.
Light can “heal” defects in some solar cells
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- Written by David L. Chandler David L. Chandler
- Published: 30 May 2016 30 May 2016
Cambridge, Massachusetts - A family of compounds known as perovskites, which can be made into thin films with many promising electronic and optical properties, has been a hot research topic in recent years. But although these materials could potentially be highly useful in applications such as solar cells, some limitations still hamper their efficiency and consistency.