Study suggests you can ‘pick up’ a good or bad mood from your friends - But...
A team led by the University of Warwick has examined whether friends’ moods can affect an individual therefore implying that moods may spread across friendship networks.
View ArticleWhat Will Become of English in a Post-Brexit European Union?
How might the Brexit process affect the status of the English language within the European Union? Without Britain, will English even cease to be a language of the Union? A new article in World...
View ArticleGender Open Science
Gender perspectives in mathematics, information sciences, natural sciences and technology: The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has granted the joint project "Gendering MINT digital -...
View ArticleGoing diving in the tropics? Don’t eat the reef fish!
Reducing tourist consumption of reef fish is critical for Palau’s ocean sustainability, finds a new UBC study that suggests other small island nations might also consider adopting this strategy.
View ArticleBundestagswahl 2017: Wahlumfragen wirken – auf Journalisten und Wähler
Was Journalisten darüber denken – wie sie auf die Wähler wirken / Prof. Dr. Frank Brettschneider von der Uni Hohenheim stellt Studie über Bedeutung von Wahlumfragen vor.
View ArticleGeógrafos de la UGR proponen una mayor protección de la riqueza vegetal del...
La creación de una microrreserva de flora en el Peñón de Salobreña permitiría mejorar la protección a escala local de un área de pequeño tamaño pero alto valor ecológico, algo extrapolable a otros...
View ArticleDo we read differently on paper than on a screen?
On a worldwide scale, we are reading more than ever before. An increasing amount of reading takes place on screen, but how does digitisation affect our reading habits? This is being investigated by an...
View ArticleEU referendum voters’ intentions accurately predicted by brain scans,...
Brain scans may be a more accurate indicator of how people are going to vote than opinion polls or pre-electoral surveys, claim researchers at London's Kingston University, after they studied brain...
View ArticleResearchers devise ‘Juror Decision Scale’ to counter ‘jury bias’ – the Scale...
- The tool is designed to screen out jurors who are liable to pre-conceived bias which can lead them to decide on their verdict even before they have deliberated the case - The Decision Scale was used...
View ArticleLeopoldina Annual Assembly focuses on genome editing issues
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina today opened its 2017 Annual Assembly in Halle (Saale), with this year’s theme being “Genome Editing – Challenges for the Future”. The two-day event...
View ArticleFish have complex personalities, research shows
Tiny fish called Trinidadian guppies have individual “personalities”, new research shows. Scientists from the University of Exeter studied how guppies behaved in various situations, and found complex...
View ArticleInternationale psychologische Studie untersucht erstmals karnistische...
Überzeugungen von Fleischkonsumenten im Rahmen von drei Studien mit insgesamt knapp 1.000 Teilnehmern untersucht
View ArticleExclusion in gaming, underrepresentation and future of industry to be...
28/09/2017, Free public event organised by the University of Leicester to take place at the LCB Depot in Leicester on Thursday 28 September. Over last few years the gaming industry has seen fast-paced...
View ArticleResearchers present first international survey on the psychology of carnism
Results from three surveys including almost 1,000 participants The consumption of meat is not merely a question of taste as is generally assumed. It also necessarily involves beliefs that the killing...
View Article“Scientific culture makes better citizens and raises the standards for our...
29/09/2017, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is participating in European Researchers Night Madrid 2017 with the event “Europe Moves: Migrations and European Construction,” which includes talks,...
View Article“La cultura científica hace mejores ciudadanos y aumenta el nivel de...
29/09/2017, Noche Europea de los Investigadores de Madrid de la UC3M La Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) participa en la Noche Europea de los Investigadores de Madrid 2017 con el evento “Europa...
View ArticleNew Delayed-Release Stimulant Significantly Improves Morning ADHD Symptoms...
A phase 3 study of children ages 6-12 years with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has shown that a delayed-release, long-acting formulation of the stimulant methylphenidate, when taken...
View ArticleChild abuse affects brain wiring
Impaired neural connections may explain profound and long-lasting effects of traumatic experiences during childhood
View ArticleLa maltraitance infantile affecte les circuits cérébra ux
Les séquelles profondes et persistantes des traumatismes subis durant l'enfance pourraient être attribuables à des connexions neuronales défaillantes
View ArticleDrought — a cause of riots
The scientific community has been working on the possibility of a relationship between periods of drought and rioting for several years. The University of Geneva (UNIGE), operating in partnership with...
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