Fashion “detox” catwalks - Towards sustainable textile production
Many companies in the textile sector are investing in more sustainable production methods as a way to save energy, reduce costs and limit environmental impact
View ArticleHealth of Boys and Men: Shaping Health Across the Life Course
""Health of Boys and Men, a special issue of the journal Behavioral Medicine, details how structural, economic, political, behavioral, and psychosocial factors contribute to shaping the health, health...
View ArticleGreenery in Neighborhoods May Reduce Adolescent Aggressive Behavior
New study supports benefits of neighborhood greenspace on Southern California adolescents Washington, DC, June 28, 2016 - A study to be published in the July 2016 issue of the Journal of the American...
View ArticleCar Ownership Has the Biggest Influence over How Much Exercise Londoners Do...
Study in the Journal of Transport & Health shows travelling is an important source of exercise for Londoners and identifies factors that encourage activity Owning a car or bicycle has the strongest...
View ArticleMédicines sans Fronitières: dispatches from the frontline of the European...
Respiratory tract infections, skin diseases and trauma – all linked to living conditions – affect two thirds of migrants and refugees seeking care in Médicines sans Fronitières (MSF) clinics in Greece....
View ArticleSkype data of 500 million people reveals the real patterns of social adoption
Global patterns of adoption spreading are induced by local adoption cascades initiated by multiple spontaneous adopters arriving at a constant rate, amplified by a large number of adoptions induced by...
View ArticleE-cigarette Use Among College Students: Helpful Aid or Risky Enabler?
Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use continues to rise, and current data regarding use of e-cigarettes among college students are needed. The study, “Electronic Cigarette Use Among College Students:...
View Article‘Politicians and Media Fuel Hate Crime in Britain,’ Say University of...
‘Toxic climate’ around EU referendum debate highlighted for contributing towards hate incidents
View ArticleNutrition labels on dining hall food: Are they being used? By who?
A study conduced at 4 University of Illinois dining halls found that although 45 percent of students noticed the labels, only 20 percent used the labels to make food choices. Students who practice...
View ArticleSending Norwegian research ethics out into Europe
Norwegian guidelines for research ethics are unique and can be useful throughout the world, according to a Swedish expert on ethics. However, just having guidelines isn't enough; they must be used and...
View ArticleYoung English-speaking Muslims boost preservation of heritage languages...
Young UK Muslims are reconnecting – or in some cases, connecting for the first time – with Urdu and Punjabi as a result of their devotional practices, a new study suggests. Writing in the Journal of...
View Article"Extremism is a research ethics minefield"
Are extremists as entitled to privacy as other people? How should researchers avoid helping them – or opening old wounds among victims and their families? Two of Norway's leading researchers in the...
View ArticleStudy shows benefit of art therapy in reducing psychological problems in...
Group art therapy shows promise in reducing a wide range of psychological symptoms commonly experienced by refugee children, according to a pilot study of Syrian refugee children living in Turkey.
View ArticleWestbalkan: Weichen stellen für die Wissenschaft von morgen
Die „Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz“ der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina und der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) veröffentlicht im Vorfeld des Pariser „3....
View ArticleBoys more affected by gay insults
When words like ‘gay’, ‘fag’, and ‘lesbo’ are used as insults it is mostly among friends. But that does not make them harmless, according to the Norwegian researcher Hilde Slåtten.
View ArticleLearn much you can, from Yoda’s spoken and subtitled discourse
The structural oddity of the speech pattern of the Star Wars character Master Yoda is probably one of the most instantly recognisable of all TV and film characters, even to those unfamiliar with the...
View ArticleUrban sprawl in Europe is on the rise
A new report presents, for the first time, the extent of urban sprawl for 32 countries in Europe, which has increased rapidly in recent decades. A team of scientists, led by Prof. Felix Kienast of the...
View ArticlePrenatal exposure to paracetamol may increase autism spectrum and...
A new study has found that paracetamol (acetaminophen), which is used extensively during pregnancy, has a strong association with autism spectrum symptoms in boys and for both genders in relation to...
View ArticleChanges in Brain Networks May Help Youth Adapt to Childhood Adversity
Reports new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
View ArticleAnalysed the risk of the Pamplona bull run by means of a tool used in industry
Two lecturers at the Public University of Navarre (NUP/UPNA) have applied a tool used in industry to analyse the risk of the bull run in Pamplona. Given that this factor is inherent in the race in...
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