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Curious by Nature: How Addictive Are Companies Making Video Games with Dr. Puneet Manchanda

Newswise — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 08:05:28 EST

For many years, addiction research has focused on chemical dependencies like drugs and alcohol. However, new phenomena such as video game and social media addictions are not as extensively studied.

MSK Medical Oncologist Matthew Matasar Featured in the 2021 AACR Annual Meeting Week 1 Press Program

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 08:30:39 EST

Research Presented Found that Copanlisib-Rituximab Combination Reduced Lymphoma Progression or Death by Nearly Half in CHRONOS-3 Trial

Fast-Acting Psychedelic Can Improve Depression, Anxiety

Johns Hopkins Medicine — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:00:37 EST

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that use of the synthetic psychedelic 5-methocy-N,-N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) appears to be associated with unintended improvements in self-reported depression and anxiety when given in a ceremonial group setting. 5-MeO-DMT is a psychedelic that is found in the venom of Bufo Alvarius toads, in a variety of plants species, and can be produced synthetically.

Your Genes Could Impact the Quality of Your Marriage

Binghamton University, State University of New York — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:00:04 EST

The quality of your marriage could be affected by your genes, according to new research conducted at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Neanderthal Hunting Spears Could Kill at a Distance

University College London — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 05:00:00 EST

Neanderthals have been imagined as the inferior cousins of modern humans, but a new study by archaeologists at UCL reveals for the first time that they produced weaponry advanced enough to kill at a distance.

Local Newspaper Closures Polarize Voters, Choke Political Progress

Texas A&M University — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:05:42 EST

As local newspapers shutter across the country, the residents residing in those counties without sources of local news are forced to rely more heavily on national media outlets that report political news primarily through the lens of the perennial two-party political conflict.

Solving the Ancient Mysteries of Easter Island

Binghamton University, State University of New York — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 14:00:00 EST

The ancient people of Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) built their famous ahu monuments near coastal freshwater sources, according to a team of researchers including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Study Finds Dinosaurs Battled Overheating with Nasal Air-Conditioning

NYIT — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:00:48 EST

Researchers used 3D computer modeling to simulate heat exchange in dinosaurs

Newly Discovered Wasp Turns Social Spiders Into Zombies

University of British Columbia — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:50:39 EST

It sounds like the plot of the world's tiniest horror movie: deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a newly discovered species of wasp transforms a "social" spider into a zombie-like drone that abandons its colony to do the wasp's bidding.

When NBA Players Tweet Late at Night, They Play Worse Basketball

Stony Brook University — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 06:00:00 EST

A new study to be published online in the journal Sleep Health reveals that late-night social media use by NBA players is linked to poorer next-day performance on the court. The study examines more than 37,000 tweets and builds on preliminary research from 2017 about late-night tweets.

Study Suggests Buried Internet Infrastructure at Risk as Sea Levels Rise

University of Wisconsin-Madison — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:00:00 EST

Thousands of miles of buried fiber optic cable in densely populated coastal regions of the United States may soon be inundated by rising seas, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Oregon.

Scientists Capture Breaking of Glacier in Greenland

New York University — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 08:00:23 EST

A team of scientists has captured on video a four-mile iceberg breaking away from a glacier in eastern Greenland, an event that points to one of the forces behind global sea-level rise.

Consumers' Food Choices Can Help Reduce Greenhouse Emissions Contributing to Climate Change

Tufts University — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:45:52 EST

Changes in diet have been proposed as a way to reduce carbon emissions from the food system. A new study provides the latest and most comprehensive estimate of greenhouse gas emissions generated by U.S. consumer food purchases, and assesses how those choices could affect diet and climate change.

Easter Islanders Used Rope, Ramps to Put Giant Hats on Famous Statues

Binghamton University, State University of New York — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 08:05:24 EST

The ancient people of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, were able to move massive stone hats and place them on top of statues with little effort and resources, using a parbuckling technique, according to new research from a collaboration that included investigators from Binghamton University, State University at New York.

New Map Shows Many Old-growth Forests Remain In Europe

University of Vermont — Tue, 29 May 2018 12:05:36 EST

A team of researchers created the first map of Europe's last wild forests. The map identifies more than 3.4 million acres in 34 European countries, showing that more old growth remains than previously understood.

NASA Spacecraft Finds New Type of Magnetic Explosion

University of Delaware — Wed, 09 May 2018 15:55:17 EST

Four NASA spacecraft have observed magnetic reconnection in a turbulent region of the Earth's outer atmosphere known as the magnetosheath, the planet's first line of defense against the intensity of solar wind. The new insights could help us understand how such phenomena affect Earth's atmosphere.

Study Explains One Reason Hair Can Turn Gray

University of Alabama at Birmingham — Thu, 03 May 2018 14:00:00 EST

Hair's graying is linked to innate immune response, activation of which can decrease pigmentation in hair.

Even a Single Mindfulness Meditation Session Can Reduce Anxiety

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:00:00 EST

Mindfulness meditation programs have shown promise for the treatment of anxiety, one of the most common mental health disorders in the U.S. New research suggests people can begin to derive psychological and physiological benefits from the practice after a single introductory session.

People Waste Nearly a Pound of Food Daily

University of Vermont — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:00:00 EST

Americans waste nearly a pound of food per person each day, but the exact amount of food we trash differs by how healthy your diet is, new research finds. Annually, food waste corresponds with the use of 30M acres of land (7% of total US cropland) and 4.2 trillion gallons of water. Surprisingly, higher quality diets were associated with higher levels of food waste.

Surviving Climate Change, Then and Now

Universite de Montreal — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 05:00:41 EST

An archeological dig in Italy reveals that prehistoric humans made it through a major natural disaster by cooperating with each other - and that's a lesson for our future.