Fast Facts For Curious Minds

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

  • Tesla Missed 2024 Sales Target. Cybertruck Disappoints
    By Claire Garcia
    2024 was not a remarkable year for Tesla. The company experienced a decline in its annual sales for the first time in a decade with fewer vehicle deliveries compared to 2023. Figures from its Q4 2024 report showed that it was short of the 515000 units needed for the quarter to surpass the full-year ...
  • SWOT Analysis of Nike
    By Claire Garcia
    Nike is the largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel in the world. It is also one of the largest companies in the global apparel industry. Furthermore, considering the sheer size of its operations, extensive global market reach, and established brand, it has been considered the most valuable ...
  • SWOT Analysis of Apple
    By Claire Garcia
    Apple is a household name. It is behind some of the most iconic products of the modern digital age. These include the MacBook, the iPod and iTunes, and the iPhone. Some of these products are even disruptive when they were first introduced. The fact that Apple is one of the most valuable companies ...
  • Macroeconomics and Microeconomics: The Difference
    By Immanuel Martinez
    Economics is divided into two main branches based on scope. These are macroeconomics and microeconomics. For starters, macroeconomics deals with the economy as a whole, while microeconomics focuses on the behavior of and interactions among firms and individuals. The Difference Between ...
  • TIPS: How to Achieve Competitive Advantage?
    By Claire Garcia
    How can a business outcompete its competitors? What are the ways a business can achieve a competitive advantage? What are the sources of competitive advantage? Examples of How Businesses Create or Achieve and Maintain a Competitive Advantage 1. Technology and Innovation: Businesses achieves ...
  • The Strategy and Success of Cirque du Soleil
    By Akeem Abad
    The Canadian entertainment and traveling circus company Cirque du Soleil is one of the prime examples of an organization demonstrating the effectiveness of a strategy based on unlocking new market demand and making competition irrelevant. When the circus company was founded by former circus ...
  • The Purpose of Monetary Policy
    By Immanuel Martinez
    A monetary policy is a macroeconomic tool used by governments through their respective monetary authorities to influence economic growth. Take note that depending on the country, a monetary authority can either be a central bank, a currency board, or another government-appointed regulatory body. ...
  • Difference Between Mission, Vision, and Value Statements
    By Claire Garcia
    The mission, vision, and value statements of organizations are more than just public declarations of their identities, intentions, and positioning. When developed and utilized in their proper context, these statements form part of the long-term strategy of a particular organization and guide ...

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

  • Pet Dogs as Spreaders of Antimicrobial-Resistant Salmonella?
    By Franz Williams
    Companion animals can transmit zoonotic pathogens. These are disease-causing microorganisms that pass between animals and humans. The same is true for household or pet dogs. Hence, researchers from Pennsylvania State University investigated how the close contact between dogs and humans, combined ...
  • Korean Researchers Reversed Cancer Cells Into Normal Cells
    By Franz Williams
    Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology led by Kwang-Hyun Cho of the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering have developed a technology that reverses colon cancer cells into normal cells without damaging them. Their findings are detailed in an article published in ...
  • Ketogenic Diet: The Drawbacks and Dangers
    By Franz Williams
    Ketogenic diet or keto diet has numerous benefits or advantages that confer several health benefits and medical applications, especially in the management of epilepsy, metabolic disorders, and by extension, in weight management. However, this diet is not for everyone due to its drawbacks and ...
  • 7 Ways Smoking Damages the Skin
    By Suzanne Garcia
    Smoking is bad for health. However, others are not to keen to heed this warning. Perhaps, knowing how tobacco smoking damages the skin can help some smokers to quit the habit. How Smoking Ruins the Skin? How Does it Affect Skin Health? 1. Smoking damages the skin by breaking down a group of ...
  • Keto Diet: Medical and Therapeutic Applications
    By Franz Williams
    Ketogenic diet or keto diet has become a diet fad among fitness and weight loss enthusiasts. However, members of the medical and healthcare professional have warned about its drawbacks and associated negative health effects. It is important to note that before it has become a diet fad, keto diet ...
  • Post-COVID-19 Infection Effect: Kidney Function Decline
    By Franz Williams
    Researchers V. Mahalingasivam et al. wanted to find out whether there is an acceleration in kidney function decline after COVID-19 infection and how this acceleration differs from other respiratory infections. Findings from their investigation were published in 2024 in the JAMA Network Open. Kidney ...
  • Sugary Breakthrough: Deoxyribose Shows Promises for Hair Growth
    By Franz Williams
    Researchers M. A. Anjum and colleagues discovered a promising therapeutic approach for treating androgenic alopecia or hereditary-patterned baldness that involves the topical application of a sugar gel made from deoxyribose. The research is still in the pre-clinical phase but there is hope for ...
  • mLumiOpto: Light-Induced Gene Therapy Disables Cancer Cell Mitochondria
    By Franz Williams
    Scientists at Ohio State University are working on an innovative approach to cancer treatment by targeting the mitochondria—the energy-producing organelles in cells—to induce cancer cell death using light-induced gene therapy. They call this innovation mitochondrial luminoptogenetics or mLumiOpto. ...