Consumers of self-help books are more sensitive to stress and show higher depressive symptomatology, according…
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Climate macroscope: New software for finding tipping points and critical network structures
If you wanted to know whether shifts in the African climate during Paleolithic times correlated…
Drug driving: Are your meds affecting you?
Warning labels on medications about the dangers of driving are not enough to stop people…
Why are some wild animals more tolerant to human interaction than others?
Are we loving wild animals to death? Scientists analyzed 75 studies conducted over the last…
Parents aiming too high can harm child’s academic performance
When parents have high hopes for their children’s academic achievement, the children tend to do…
Melting Scandinavian ice provides missing link in Europe’s final Ice Age story
Molecular-based moisture indicators, remains of midges and climate simulations have provided climate scientists with the…
‘Shrinking bull’s-eye’ algorithm speeds up complex modeling from days to hours
Researchers have developed a new algorithm that vastly reduces the computation of virtually any computational…
Perpetual youth for batteries?
A key issue with lithium ion batteries is aging. It significantly reduces their potential storage…
New technique could prevent dangerous biofilms on catheters
Biofilms frequently coat the surfaces of catheters, and of various medical implants and prostheses, where…
Nanotech-based sensor developed to measure microRNAs in blood, speed cancer detection
A newly developed, simple, ultrasensitive microRNA sensor holds promise for the design of new diagnostic…