No, stress isn’t always bad. Here’s how to harness it
Sweaty palms during a job interview. Racing heartbeat before the walk down the aisle. Stomach pains ahead of a final exam. Many of us have experienced...
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Married couples in supportive relationships felt significantly less stressed while watching horror movie clips with their partner than without, as measured by pupil dilation
Married couples in supportive relationships felt significantly less stressed while watching horror movie clips with their partner than without, as measured by pupil dilation.Credit: Graff...
World-famous sardine migration explained by genomics
Scientists have discovered how the Sardine Run, one of the world’s biggest migration events, works.Credit: Professor Luciano Beheregaray, Flinders University in Science Advances. Scientists have...
UC: Pilot study of diet/exercise in young adults with intellectual disabilities is promising
Adhering to a diet and exercise program to manage health can be a challenge for anyone.Credit: University of Cincinnati Adhering to a diet and exercise...
New forecasting tool enables proactive conservation of New Zealand blue whales
NEWPORT, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a method for forecasting the locations where a distinct population of New Zealand blue whales...
Gd-doped Nanoclusters Help Imaging of Early Orthotopic Cancer
To realize precise diagnosis of early-stage cancer for effective treatment and better prognosis, high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is indispensable with the help of contrast...
Stem cells model genetic risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease
AD, the most frequent cause of dementia, affects an estimated 24 million people worldwide. With very limited treatment options, scientists are looking for ways to...
Milk enabled massive steppe migration
From the Xiongnu to the Mongols, the pastoralist populations of the Eurasian steppe have long been a source of fascination. Amongst the earliest herding groups...
Australian wildfires triggered massive algal blooms in southern ocean
DURHAM, N.C. – Clouds of smoke and ash from wildfires that ravaged Australia in 2019 and 2020 triggered widespread algal blooms in the Southern Ocean...
Downtime at the nerve cell’s protein factories
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a rare hereditary condition. It occurs when genetic changes disrupt the transmission of nerve signals from the brain to the muscles...
A novel fly species described from Finland
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the Zoological Museum of the University of Turku have published in the journal ZooKeys an official description...
New research discovers longer-term effects on elephants from poaching
NAIROBI, Kenya: September 14, 2021 Poaching has longer-term effects on elephant populations than originally thought, new research has found. A pair of studies, published recently...
‘Whoop’ – new autonomous method precisely detects endangered whale vocalizations
The North Atlantic Right Whale (Right whale) is one of the most endangered whale species in the world with only about 368 remaining off the...
Roads have far-reaching impact on chimpanzees
Roads have a negative impact on chimpanzee populations that can extend for more than 17 km, new research shows.Credit: Dr Kimberley Hockings Roads have a...
Concentration of microparticles in lakes reflect nearby human activity and land use
Predicting where anthropogenic debris accumulates in aquatic ecosystems is necessary for its control and environmental remediation, but plastic and fiber pollution in lakes is not...
