Study: Trump’s ‘Repeal and Replace’ debate already impacting women’s health
Trump recently renewed the "repeal and replace" battle cry promising to make the 2020 election a referendum on Obamacare. While ...
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New algorithm helps to detect and analyze suspicious activity in surveillance footage
BINGHAMTON, NY - New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York, could make it easier to track and ...
Hate incidents are notoriously underreported; now, there’s an app for that
New app allows victims to report hate incidents beyond those captured by policeCredit: Hate Incident Reporting System Group The Federal ...
Relationship benefits can be seen in your eyes
The presence of a spouse provides immediate stress protection, BYU study findsCredit: Jaren WIlkey, BYU Turns out that relationships are ...
Text messages show promise as next step for improving heart health in China
Motivational text messages are a well-liked, feasible new way to provide additional support to Chinese patients with heart disease, reports ...
Declassified U2 spy plane images reveal bygone Middle Eastern archaeological features
Researchers from Penn and Harvard are the first to make archaeological use of U2 spy plane imagery, and have created ...
OHIO study: Acetaminophen can reduce positive empathy for others
ATHENS, Ohio (April 8, 2019) - A new study by an Ohio University faculty member showed that acetaminophen limited positive ...
Decline in physical activity often starts as early as age 7
Overall physical activity starts to decline already around the age of school entry. While the proportion of physically inactive individuals ...
Using artificial intelligence to understand collective behavior
A machine learning model can reproduce the swarming behaviour of locusts -- collaborative research project between the Universities of Konstanz ...
9 projects supported by Russian Science Foundation
Each will receive 4 to 6 million rubles of funding per year Nine projects of Ural Federal University (UrFU) researchers ...
Are you with me? New model explains origins of empathy
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute and the Santa Fe Institute have developed a new model to explain the evolutionary ...
CIFAR announces new research programs and AI Chairs
New portfolio takes risks, convenes extraordinary minds to address science and humanity's most important questions Top scientists and scholars from ...
Experimental drug shows promise for opioid withdrawal symptoms
In rats, rapastinel reverses signs of withdrawal with no side effects Orlando, Fla. (April 7, 2019) - While medicines are ...
Reflective roofs can reduce overheating in cities and save lives during heatwaves
A new modelling study from the University of Oxford and collaborators has estimated how changing the reflectivity of roofs can ...
Social insecurity also stresses chimpanzees
Male chimpanzees reduce aggression when social relationships in their group are unstableCredit: © Anna Preis A high social status has ...
When robots commit wrongdoing, people may incorrectly assign the blame
Last year, a self-driven car struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona. The woman's family is now suing Arizona ...
Evolutionary changes played a crucial role in industrialization, study finds
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A recent study of centuries-old French-Canadian genealogical data by a Brown University economist revealed evidence that supports ...
€32 million funding boost for Smart Cities research in Tallinn and Helsinki
Smart Cities Centre of Excellence to be establishedCredit: Mikko Raskinen Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) and Aalto University, along with ...
Parental behaviour affects the involvement of children in cyberbullying
Andalusian researchers demand the involvement of families and training in prevention programmes Experts from the Universities of Seville and Cordoba ...
DFG to fund 6 new Research Units
Topics range from resilience in religion and spirituality to adaptive polymer gels and cytomegalovirus; approximately €18 million for first funding ...