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The New Wearable That Can Detect Fatigue In Real-Time

The Horizons Tracker

The fitness tracker market has been booming for a number of years now, with recent data predicting that the $36 billion market will surge to be worth around $114 billion by 2028. As such, the material is ideal for biosensors that aim to detect very small changes in chemical concentration.

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The Secret to Keeping Your New Year’s Health Resolution

Michael Lee Stallard

Research shows that feelings of connection affect neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine), hormones (chemical messengers that travel throughout the body including adrenaline, cortisol, oxytocin, and vasopressin), and enzymes that affect chromosomes (such as telomerase).

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What are the Best Green Business Ideas?

Strategy Driven

These oils have been proven to help stress, anxiety, migraines, inflammation, and skin conditions. Once you produce your products, you could consider selling them on local food stands and at farmer’s markets , as well as considering distributing them on the internet, where clients actively look for niche, eco-friendly brands.

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What Neuroscience Reveals About Creating Better Leaders In Today’s Organizations

Tanveer Naseer

Testosterone, the hormone that helps regulate dominance, confidence, aggression concentration, mood and energy plays a role here as does cortisol, the hormone released in response to stress. This suggests that endocrinal functions that regulate the autonomic central system are actually regulated by the conscious control of stress levels.

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How Businesses Can Support a Circular Economy

Harvard Business Review

In his speech at COP21 European Union Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs, and Fisheries Karmenu Vella stressed the need to switch to a more circular economy. This means that they can be re-utilized for secondary or emerging markets with a less sophisticated infrastructure.

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Bots Won’t Just Help Us Buy Stuff. They’ll Help Us Become Better Versions of Ourselves

Harvard Business Review

“Your heart rate is the highest it’s been this week,” the app might display after a stressful meeting. “Should you take five minutes to de-stress?” The chance to make more people more valuable worldwide is a market opportunity that could and should prove bigger than bots.

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How to Overcome the Midday Slump

Harvard Business Review

Research suggests that even a just a few minutes of meditation lowers stress and improves concentration and focus in a tired brain. “All it’s doing is masking the effects of your low energy,” by blocking a chemical that tells your body you are tired. “The worst thing you can do is use your phone in bed.”

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