Social & Behavioral Science
Living in a violent setting can result in a shorter, but also a more unpredictable lifespan, according to new research from NYU Abu Dhabi social scientists
Abu Dhabi, UAE, February 3, 2023 – A team of researchers at the NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Social Science Division...
MD Anderson announces new collaboration in Indonesia to reduce global cancer burden
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the expansion of its global oncology efforts through a new...
nTIDE January 2023 Jobs Report: More people with disabilities are striving to work. Will employers call upon them?
East Hanover, NJ – February 3, 2023 – More jobseekers with disabilities entered the labor market in January, providing a...
Abandoning wood cook stoves would be great for Africa, if families could afford it
DURHAM, N.C. -- Replacing traditional biomass-burning cookstoves across sub-Saharan Africa could save more than 463,000 lives and US $66 billion...
Gail Frayne appointed Jefferson Lab chief financial officer
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has appointed Gail Frayne as...
Purdue researchers receive over $143,000 to strengthen marketplace interest in their IP
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University innovators who create new processes and products need capital, among other resources, to bring...
Study offers new approach to conduct large-scale protection assessments of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
A new study offers a science-based method to assess marine protected areas (MPAs) protection levels when information on regulated human...
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Susan Alberts, Jeanne Altmann and Marlene Zuk for establishing the key role of social behavior in animal evolution and its importance for species conservation
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology has gone in this fifteenth edition to Susan...
Reducing their natural signals: How sneaky germs hide from ants
Pathogens are disease-causing organisms. By natural selection, they develop evading mechanisms to outsmart the host’s immune system and to get...
What’s that sound? Automobile horn changed history and communications technology
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new book by Penn State faculty member Matt Jordan chronicles the rise and fall of...
Study finds new association between social isolation and dementia risk factors
Social lifestyle determinants, including social isolation, are associated with neurodegeneration risk factors, according to a new study published this week...
Tel Aviv University establishes the first satellite observatory for quantum optical communication
The Center for Quantum Science and Technology at Tel Aviv University has built the first ground station in Israel –...
1.5-degree goal not plausible: social change more important than physical tipping points
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, as is shown in a new, central study released...
Ochsner Health opens Clearview Medical Complex in Metairie
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – Ochsner Health leaders joined with Jefferson Parish officials today to celebrate the opening of Ochsner Medical Complex – Clearview...
University of Alberta and Amii usher in a new wave of broadened AI research with the recruitment of 20 new AI Chairs
The University of Alberta and Amii (Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute) are ushering in a next generation of Canadian AI research...
Lianhuanhua – Chinese comics as a specific cultural form
Sinologist PD Dr. Lena Henningsen from the University of Freiburg has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the European Research...
Β-blocker use associated with lower rates of violence
Reductions in violence are seen in individuals using Beta adrenergic-blocking agents (β-blockers) compared with periods that they are not taking...
The social code—deciphering the genetic basis of hymenopteran social behavior
Beginning with Darwin, biologists have long been fascinated by the evolution of sociality. In its most extreme form, eusocial species...
Michael Lombardo won a second ERC grant for his research studies about heterogeneity in autism
Rovereto (Italy), January 31st 2023 – Individuals with the diagnosis of autism are characterized by core early developmental difficulties in...
ERC Consolidator Grants for two researchers from KIT
In the 2022 allocation round for the award of the prestigious Consolidator Grants of the European Research Council, researchers of...