Vanity could help save young women from malignant melanoma
New research published in Cogent Psychology, examines the way sun safe messages are conveyed to young women, and reveals their vanity could play a vital role in protecting them from harmful UV light....
View ArticleMany underestimate financial loss due to poor arithmetic
Anyone who has lost out on an investment in recent weeks - from pension funds and stocks to the housing rental market and currency exchange - may have lost more than they realise, according to new...
View ArticleStudy to explore the scale of physical activity and nutritional health...
Loughborough University is part of an international consortium examining how physical activity and nutritional health messages are promoted in the run up to and during large-scale sporting events.
View ArticleTSRI Study Supports New Strategy to Fight Cocaine Addiction
An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has found strong evidence supporting a new strategy against drug addiction. The researchers showed that a compound that...
View ArticleThe Golfer’s Steady Gaze
Researchers at the Cluster of Excellence CITEC investigating motor learning. For the first time in 112 years, golf is again an Olympic event. Olympic golfers hone the skills to ensure their accuracy...
View ArticleMaternal language shapes infants' cry melodies
The very first cry of neonates is marked by their maternal language. This seems to be especially apparent in tonal languages, where pitch and pitch fluctuation determine the meaning of words. Chinese...
View ArticleMuttersprache prägt Babylaute
Schon das erste Schreien von Neugeborenen trägt Spuren der Muttersprache. Das zeigt sich offenbar besonders deutlich, wenn es sich um Tonsprachen handelt, bei denen die Tonhöhe oder der Tonhöhenverlauf...
View ArticleImmigrants embrace the Norwegian father’s quota
Men from Central and Southern Europe like the fact that the father’s quota is already negotiated and indisputable. According to this study, the father’s quota is embraced. It provides fathers with the...
View ArticleExpert comment: ‘Obama’s nuclear policy wish-list appears neither politically...
University of Leicester experts discuss the Obama Administration’s nuclear legacy Without broad approval at home or abroad Obama’s nuclear policy wish-list appears neither politically viable nor...
View ArticlePeople favour expressive, communicative robots over efficient and effective ones
Making an assistive robot partner expressive and communicative is likely to make it more satisfying to work with and lead to users trusting it more, even if it makes mistakes, a new study suggests. But...
View ArticleDoes Early Voting Affect Political Campaigns and Election Outcomes?
A study of early voting patterns in states that have adopted an extended voting period shows several important trends related to voter age and partisanship (voters with strong party affiliations versus...
View ArticleWer viel fernsieht, unterliegt öfter Alltagsmythen
Wer viel fernsieht, unterliegt öfter und leichter Alltagsmythen – und das unabhängig von Alter, Bildung und Geschlecht. Das ist das grundsätzliche Ergebnis einer Medienstudie am Zentrum für Public...
View ArticleWatching a lot of TV makes you more susceptible to everyday myths
People who watch a lot of television are more likely to be susceptible to everyday myths – irrespective of their age, education or gender. This is the basic finding of a media study conducted at MedUni...
View ArticleNation Branding, Public Relations and Soft Power: Corporatizing Poland
""Dr Pawel Surowiec’s new book examines how using soft power is changing Poland’s national image. It explores how and why changes in political economy have shaped these actors and their use of soft...
View ArticleManagement actions to combat recessions could compromise the performance...
Latest study by Stephen Wood at the University of Leicester finds wage and employment freezes impact on morale
View ArticleNew global migration mapping to help fight against infectious diseases
Geographers at the University of Southampton have completed a large scale data and mapping project to track the flow of internal human migration in low and middle income countries.
View ArticleScientists challenge recommendation that men with more muscle need more protein
Sports nutrition recommendations may undergo a significant shift after research from the University of Stirling has found individuals with more muscle mass do not need more protein after resistance...
View Article‘Politicians need to get a better grip of international civil servants’
26/08/2016, Out of sight of national parliaments, the European Union takes decisions that have a far-reaching effect on the lives of citizens. Professor of International Governance Kutsal Yesilkagit...
View ArticleExpert comment: Banning of ‘burquinis’ is a step towards depriving Muslim...
Dr Saeeda Shah from the University of Leicester highlights how traditional dress signifies empowerment and equality to Muslim women and mentions their participation in the Rio Olympics
View ArticleThe Science of Diffusion and the Spread of Public Policy
A research team at New York University (NYU) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) collaborated on merging the domains of health policy with network science and dynamical systems to help...
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