Multi-talker Speech As A Distraction In Open-plan Offices?
While ease of collaboration may have been a driving principle in open-plan design philosophy, this design has also been directly responsible for increased speech distraction…
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Drinking To Cope With Depressed Mood In College And Non-College Young Adults
Co-occurring depressed mood and risky alcohol use are prevalent during emerging adulthood, a critical development period ranging from approximately 18 to 25 years of age…
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Genes Determine Not Only The Occurrence Of Pain, But Also Its Persistence
Why do some people get a grip on chronic pain while others continue to suffer for years? A twin study now provides possible explanations. The…
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Laziness Or Heredity – What Makes The Back Hurt?
Researchers have used twins to investigate the influence of movement behavior on the development of permanent back pain — with astonishing results. Sooner or later,…
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New Toulouse-Led Scientific Study Reveals Drosophila melanogaster Can Transmit Sexual Preferences Culturally Over The Long Term
A Toulouse-led interdisciplinary research consortium shows that the fruit fly has all the cognitive capacities to culturally transmit their sexual preferences across generations, potentially leading…
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New Cost-Effective Polymer Coating Method Leads To High-Performance Conductive Materials For Flexible Electronics
Plastics are polymers consisting of large molecules with long repeating chains of organic units. They offer the possibility of molecular design through chemical synthesis, good…
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My Science Life: Dr. Bill Sullivan, Showalter Professor Of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Welcome to the My Science Life feature of Dr. Bill Sullivan, Showalter Professor at Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM), where he studies infectious disease….
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Measuring Parked Vehicles’ Effect On Noise Pollution
Many types of research indicate that exposure to noise pollution can induce negative effects on human health: cardiovascular diseases, sleep disturbances, psychological disorders, negative effects…
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Producing New Flocculants Using Health-Friendly Ingredients In Water Treatment
Water purification is one of the inevitable problems affecting people throughout the world. Effluents resulting from industrial activities are the most problematic and challenging wastewaters…
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The Leaky Gut — Studied In Twins
How Crohn’s disease develops is still not really understood today. However, Swedish researchers say that a leaking intestinal wall could play an important role. When…
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Duck-Billed Dinosaurs Uncovered In Aniakchak, Alaska
“…It was the abomination of desolation, it was the prelude to hell,” is how the Jesuit priest, Father Bernard Hubbard, described the Aniakchak Caldera of…
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