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There’s a business school case study to be written about how Nissan squandered its first-mover advantage with the original Leaf. Left on the market far too long before being replaced with basically ...

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A mixture of two types of pigment-producing cells undergoes diffusiophoretic transport to self-assemble into a hexagonal pattern. Credit: Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder A zebra’s ...

While fall colors are beginning to bloom across Indiana the closer we get to Halloween, those same autumn leaves will soon coat rooftops, clog open rain gutters, and blanket lawns. So how do you get ...