Exercise Packs a Punch against Inflammation
Physical activity has strong anti-inflammatory properties, according to a recent review. The findings are significant because persistent inflammation is involved in the development and progression of...
View ArticleHow Poverty May Affect Children’s Behavior
In a recent study of young children experiencing homelessness, high-quality parenting was associated with better peer relationships and protection from internalizing problems in the context of family...
View ArticleRevised Treatment Guidelines Released for Pediatric Acute Onset...
A panel of leading clinicians and researchers across various general and specialty pediatric fields developed comprehensive treatment recommendations to help guide the management of youngsters with a...
View ArticleOur brains synchronise during a conversation
The rhythms of brainwaves between two people taking part in a conversation begin to match each other. This is the conclusion of a study published in the magazine ‘Scientific Reports’, led by the Basque...
View ArticleFamily Factors May Influence a Child’s Temp erament
A new study indicates that a child’s temperament may be influenced by maternal postpartum depression, maternal sensitivity, and family functioning. Maternal depression was associated with difficult...
View Article"Often tends to the authority of power and not to the reasonable and just"
Timothy Murphy investigates the limits of reason from a legal perspective in the UC3M department of International Law, Ecclesiastical Law and Philosophy of Law, within the context of the CONEX program....
View Article“Con frecuencia se tiende a la autoridad de poder y no a la autoridad...
Timothy Murphy investiga los límites de la razón desde una perspectiva jurídica en el departamento de Derecho Internacional, Eclesiástico y Filosofía del Derecho de la UC3M, en el marco del programa...
View ArticleFarm-to-Walmart fresh produce in China has unexpected middlemen, provides...
When University of Illinois researcher Hope Michelson joined a group of economists working to evaluate Walmart’s direct-to-farm sourcing program to its stores in China she believed the research would...
View ArticleSocial media: Simplifying surveillance
The controversial Snap Map app enables Snapchat users to track their friends. This is the latest in a series of monitoring tools to be built on social media platforms. A new...
View ArticleResearch shows that Refugee Image in Lithuanian, British and US Press Is...
Surge, wave, tsunami, flood – images related to water are the most common when talking about refugees in Lithuanian, UK and US media. Also, refugees are often associated with a disease – headache,...
View ArticleBlack swans in public administration
Administrative scientist Professor Wolfgang Seibel from the University of Konstanz awarded a Reinhart Koselleck Project to carry out pioneering research into serious organisational failure
View Article‘Fintech’ helps power the green energy revolution
From “cryptocurrencies” to crowdfunding, innovative financial technology offers new ways for citizens to get involved in green energy projects, and to reap the benefits of the clean power produced
View Article£6.5million (25 billion-pesos) to kick-start Colombian bioeconomy
What can science do to help post-conflict Colombia? A new project has an ambitious programme for social change based on the nation's greatest riches: its biodiversity. Essential to this will be giving...
View ArticleCientíficos evidencian la aparición de importantes trastornos mentales en la...
El estudio ha sido realizado por un equipo internacional de profesionales del Área de Gestión Sanitaria Norte de Almería, y de las universidades de Granada, Castilla la Mancha, Málaga y Cambridge. Su...
View ArticleDesigning Soft Robots: Ethics-Based Guidelines for Human-Robot Interactions
Soft-bodied robots offer the possibility for social engagement, and novel tactile human-robot interactions that require careful consideration of the potential for misplaced emotional attachments and...
View ArticleHumans identify emotions in the voices of all air-breathing vertebrates
Joint press release by Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Amphibians, reptiles, mammals – all of them communicate via acoustic signals. And humans are able to assess the emotional...
View ArticleUsing Norwegian health-IT for water and traffic surveillance
The health information system DHIS2, developed at the University of Oslo, Norway, is spreading like wildfire and is becoming a de facto standard throughout Africa and Asia.
View ArticleScientists reveal significant mental disorders in a Spanish community after...
The study was conducted by an international team of professionals from the Health Management Field of Northern Almeria (Área de Gestión Sanitaria Norte de Almería), as well as from the Universities of...
View ArticleDes scientifiques mettent en évidence l’apparition de troubles mentaux...
L’étude a été réalisée par une équipe internationale de professionnels de l’Aire de Gestion Sanitaire Nord d’Almeria, et des universités de Grenade, Castille-la-Manche, Malaga et Cambridge. Ce travail,...
View ArticlePlaying a musical instrument improves audio-motor connectivity in the brain...
Playing a musical instrument throughout life improves the connection between the hearing area and the motor zone, as revealed by the study published in the journal Cerebral Cortex by researchers from...
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