Psychosocial stress is one of the key factors leading to illness-related absences from work. This type of stress is accompanied by impaired mental well-being…
The accuracy of medical decisions can be improved by combining several independent opinions. Studies conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Human…
Previous studies have found that interactions around food in social media can influence adolescents’ consumption of candy and their willingness to try…
To understand human behaviors, it is crucial to understand the motives behind them. So far, there was no direct way to identify motives. Simply observing…
In a comprehensive new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers propose a limit to future greenhouse gas emissions—or carbon budget—of…
A soccer fan needs more time to associate a positive word with an opposing club than with his own team. And supporters of a political party associate a…
In the early 1990s, the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare went out with advice to new parents to reduce the number of children who die each year…
A future warming of the Southern Ocean caused by rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere may severely disrupt the stability of the West…
Logic suggests that online shopping is “greener” than traditional shopping. After all, when people shop from home, they are not jumping into their cars, one by…
Although the propensity to take risks on average decreases over the lifespan, it is particularly susceptible to change in young adulthood up to the age of…
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Climate change impacts and associated changes in water resources could lead to reductions in electricity production capacity for more than 60% of the power…
Negative emission technologies aim to remove carbon dioxide (CO2), a major driver of climate change, from the atmosphere. They include relatively simple…
The new changes, approved at a recent meeting of the International Code Council (ICC), apply to the nation's most tornado-prone regions. Enhanced protection…
Highly automated driving will have achieved technical maturity before 2020. That is the result of a study carried out by Fraunhofer IAO and other partners on…
Scientists say that a major step change, or ‘regime shift’, in the Earth’s biophysical systems, from the upper atmosphere to the depths of the ocean and from…
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