DFG to Fund Eight New Research Units, One Clinical Research Unit and Two...
Topics range from fossils and fruit flies to kidney disease and 1960s pop culture / Approximately €32 million awarded for first funding period
View ArticleDFG fördert acht neue Forschergruppen, eine Klinische und zwei...
Themen von Fossilien und Fruchtfliegen über Nierenerkrankungen bis zur Popkultur der 1960er-Jahre / Insgesamt rund 32 Millionen Euro für erste Förderperiode
View ArticleDFG to Fund Eleven New Research Training Groups
Topics range from cyber-physical production systems to interactions between trees / €134 million for initial funding period
View ArticleDFG fördert elf neue Graduiertenkollegs
Themen reichen von Cyber-physischen Produktionssystemen bis zur Interaktion zwischen Bäumen / 134 Millionen Euro Fördermittel für zunächst viereinhalb Jahre
View ArticleScientists uncover why sauna bathing is good for your health
Over the past couple of years, scientists at the University of Eastern Finland have shown that sauna bathing is associated with a variety of health benefits. Using an experimental setting this time,...
View ArticleNUS study: Gratitude helps drug abusers better cope with stress and challenges
Two psychologists from the National University of Singapore found that drug abusers who have more grateful dispositions have less severe drug use.
View ArticleMyth busting: managing email at work
A psychologist from Kingston Business School has reviewed 42 academic and practitioner research papers and has bust three popular myths about email use: * Email stops us from fostering high-quality...
View ArticleAdvierten del enorme deterioro de la salud mental en las personas afectadas...
Un estudio liderado por la Universidad de Granada revela que el 88% de los desahuciados presentan ansiedad y el 91% depresión En la investigación han participado 205 sujetos de Granada y su área...
View ArticleQuo vadis – Amazon und der Schweizer Onlinehandel
Dieses Jahr ist geprägt von einschneidenden Veränderungen. Zum einen mischt der Online-Gigant Amazon mit seinem Markteintritt den Schweizer Onlinehandel auf. Zum andern tritt die europäische...
View ArticleFamily study emphasizes distinct origins for bipolar disorder subtypes
A new study published in Biological Psychiatry looks at the potential genetic distinctions between bipolar I and bipolar II disorders
View ArticleStudent wellbeing ambassadors help to devise whole-school mental health...
Students aged 8-13 from a girls’ grammar school worked with educational psychologists to develop a whole-school mental health strategy which was accessible, appealing and destigmatising. This research...
View ArticleGetting there: a new global map to assess inequality in accessibility
Access to food, water, education, health services and employment opportunities are all related to people's well-being and their ability to contribute to society. New research, published in Nature, by a...
View ArticleInternet a-t-il modifié les rapports amoureux ? Un projet de recherche...
Chercheuse post-doc au Pôle de recherche national LIVES et assistante à l’Université de Genève, Gina Potarca a reçu un subside « Ambizione » du Fonds national suisse de la recherche scientifique afin...
View ArticleNieuwe wereldkaart maakt ongelijkheid in toegankelijkheid inzichtelijk
Toegang tot voedsel, water, onderwijs, zorg en banen zijn sterk gerelateerd aan het welzijn van mensen en hun kansen om deel te nemen aan de samenleving. Nieuw onderzoek, waarover het wetenschappelijk...
View ArticleStudy Provides Insights on Links Between Childhood Abuse and Later Depression
Results from an International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry study suggest that smaller social networks and feelings of loneliness might be important risk factors for late-life depression in older...
View ArticleAdventurous training increases resilience in office workers - British...
Participation in mentally and physically demanding adventurous training increases resilience in office workers. That is the central conclusion of research being presented today, Friday 12 January, by...
View ArticleIndividuals’ Perceptions on Immigration and Political Trust May Have Shaped...
A few weeks prior to the EU Referendum in the UK, researchers surveyed 1000 residents of Kent in the south east of England (where a majority intended to vote to leave), and 1000 across Scotland (where...
View ArticleReview Reveals Potential Predictors of Long-Term Distress after Cancer Diagnosis
A new review of published studies indicates that distress and neuroticism at or within 3 months of cancer diagnosis may predict emotional distress at least 12 months later. In the Psycho-Oncology...
View ArticleAcetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Associated With Elevated Rate of Language...
In the first study of its kind, researchers from Karlstad University, Sweden and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA, found an elevated rate of language delay in girls at 30 months old...
View ArticleCycling does not damage men’s sexual or urinary functions
Cycling is increasingly popular for transportation, exercise, and leisure, and its impact on sexual health has received a great deal of media attention, especially regarding erectile function. In a new...
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