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87.7% of South Korean mothers of young children experience ‘very high’ levels of maternal distress, with survey revealing worse responses to every question than a previous Australian sample
87.7% of South Korean mothers of young children experience "very high" levels of maternal distress, with survey revealing worse responses...
Patients experiencing virtual reality immersion during hand surgery required less anesthetic to keep pain at bay, indicating the potential of this non- pharmacologic distraction technique
Patients experiencing virtual reality immersion during hand surgery required less anesthetic to keep pain at bay, indicating the potential of...
Perceived debt manageability linked to mental health struggles in UK during pandemic
In a study of UK adults, those who reported more serious problems managing their debt had higher rates of anxiety...
Smoking to blame for most of England’s socioeconomic disparity in cancer incidence
The majority of the socioeconomic disparity, or deprivation gap, in cancer incidence could have been prevented in England between 2013...
Attention and running influence individual brain cells independently
When you are not paying attention, performance drops. For example, you are four times more likely to be in a...
Newly discovered barrier prevents immunity from reaching smell-sensing cells
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke scientists have identified a previously unknown barrier that separates the bloodstream from smelling cells in the...
Newly formed craters located on mars by UMD geologist and NASA InSight team
An international team of researchers with NASA’s InSight mission located four new craters created by impacts on the surface of Mars. Using...
Divide and conquer
Science is fantastic and never stops to surprise us. Curiosity, with the support of modern devices used to pursue research,...
The longer the bootcamp, the better the antibodies
LA JOLLA, CA—Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have discovered how the immune system can transform into an...
Now you don’t have to wait for smoke to know where fires are likely to occur
Credit: ARS-USDA BURNS, OREGON, September 21, 2022—Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the...
Brookhaven’s Brandenburg named 2022 Blavatnik Regional Awards finalist
UPTON, NY —James (Daniel) Brandenburg, a Goldhaber Distinguished Fellow uncovering clues about the makeup of visible matter at the U.S....
Improved data sharing policies will boost public trust in research
Public trust in science can be boosted if major funding bodies adopt improved, standardized policies for data sharing and open...
A consistent lack of sleep negatively impacts immune stem cells, increasing risk of inflammatory disorders and heart disease
Chronic, insufficient sleep can negatively affect immune cells, which may lead to inflammatory disorders and cardiovascular disease, according to a...
How to tell if that plastic bottle or bag has recycled material in it
To encourage more recycling, the U.K. taxes single-use plastic products containing less than 30% recycled material. But aside from a...
Electronic laboratory notebook for materials science: A lossless data management platform for machine learning and sharing of experimental information
In the field of materials science, even small variations in experimental parameters and protocols can lead to unwanted changes in...
Durable platform makes sustainable fuel from seawater
Seawater could be the perfect stockfeed for sustainable fuel: it is renewable, abundant, economic and contains exactly the right ingredients...
ANEMEL receives €3 million to generate green hydrogen from salty water
Green hydrogen is a key ingredient towards the decarbonisation of the European economy. ANEMEL, a new project funded by the...
Rare human gene variant in ADHD, autism exposes fundamental sex differences
The prevalence, age of onset, and clinical symptoms for virtually all neuropsychiatric disorders differ between men and women. Among the...
JDRF announces launch of global type 1 diabetes index
NEW YORK, September 21, 2022—JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, announces the launch of...
New research shows children exposed to natural disasters in the womb have higher rates of developmental psychopathology in a sex-specific manner
New York, September 21, 2022 – New data from the longitudinal Stress in Pregnancy Study (SIP Study) have identified earlier...
