Social Adversity Early in Life May Affect the Expression of Stress-Related Genes
New research suggests that early severe social deprivation may impact DNA modifications that affect the expression of stress-related genes. These nongenetic (or epigenetic) modifications occur when...
View ArticleWhat Impact Might Brexit Have on UK Agriculture?
With the United Kingdom's referendum on continued membership in the European Union (EU) approaching, experts are considering the impact of a vote to leave (‘Brexit’) on numerous aspects of UK society,...
View ArticleCorporate Social Responsibility on the Rise –despite globalization,...
Corporations from OECD countries are increasing their corporate responsibility efforts according to a study of the Free University Berlin. Prof. Gregory Jackson und Julia Bartosch have created a new...
View ArticleParticipatory Budgeting workshop held at Brunel University London in EU project
The Business School at Brunel University London successfully hosted a workshop entitled “Participatory Budgeting, Democratization and Open Government: State of the Art in Europe and the UK” [June 2,...
View ArticleUrban planning is a wicked game – Public deliberation helps
New research has found that urban planning and regional development in general are a wicked game. The normal storyline of urban planning involves a limited number of experts. A good way to get more...
View ArticleMaintaining family rituals when working away from home
The way we work is fundamentally changing, with a rise in mobile working – people who travel away from home for long or short periods of time. For mobile workers and their families, this kind of travel...
View ArticleMy Smartphone and I: Scientists show that rubber-hand illusion can be...
The “rubber-hand effect“ is an illusion familiar to psychologists – when for a test person a hand made of rubber feels as if it belongs to their own body. A team of psychologists headed by PD Dr. Roman...
View ArticleEarly farmers from across Europe were direct descendants of Aegeans
International research team led by Mainz paleogeneticists demonstrates that farming was spread into and across Europe by people originating in modern-day Greece and Western Turkey
View ArticleErste jungsteinzeitliche Bauern Europas stammen aus der Ägäis
Internationales Team um Mainzer Palaeogenetiker weisen neolithische Migration aus Griechenland und Anatolien nach
View ArticleMore Privacy for Competitive Athletes
Professional athletes have to disclose their future whereabouts in the ADAMS online reporting system of the World Anti Doping Agency. This far-reaching collection of personal information is in clear...
View ArticleMehr Datenschutz für Leistungssportler
Professionelle Athleten sind verpflichtet, ihre Aufenthaltsorte im Online-Meldesystem ADAMS der Welt-Anti-Doping-Agentur offenzulegen. Die weitreichende digitale Erfassung der persönlichen Daten steht...
View ArticleLoughborough University study reveals the best way to improve muscle strength
A new study by Loughborough University has shown that short, explosive leg contractions are relatively easy to perform and a very beneficial way of building up muscle strength.
View ArticleMyricitrin May Protect Against Neuronal Loss in Parkinson's Disease
A new study has shown that myricitrin, a flavinoid with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity that is present inedible plants and fruit, can protect mouse brains from the loss of...
View ArticleToo old to die young
The level of education in a given country correlates well with life expectancy at birth, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Innovation and Learning. The researchers...
View ArticleMorgenstadt-Werkstatt
With the “Morgenstadt-Werkstatt”, Fraunhofer IAO and Landesmesse Stuttgart are initiating a so-called “makerspace” that brings citizens, students, start-ups, established companies, and municipal...
View ArticleNordic Countries: Highest Rates of Gender Equality but Paradoxically Highest...
A new report in Social Science & Medicine offers insights into the phenomenon dubbed the "Nordic paradox" and urges further investigation
View ArticleSeminar: 'The human right to water and sanitation: Progress in theory and...
13/06/2016, Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), University of Greenwich 'The human right to water and sanitation: Progress in theory and practice' Hamilton House, Room 103, Greenwich...
View ArticlePoacher turned gamekeeper – burglars shed secrets to criminologist
Professor persuades Armley prisoners to share the tricks of their trade for new initiatives to ‘design out crime’
View ArticleIs there a good way to deliver bad news? Psychologists at Saarland University...
Researchers at Saarland University have identified factors that play a key role when managers have to convey bad news to employees. If, for example, a manager has to lay off a member of staff, the tone...
View ArticleClimate change will affect farmers’ bottom line
Climate change will disproportionately affect the agricultural sector, both in production and in land value. Farmland values in the Southwestern United States will be strongly impacted by climate...
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