Rats trained to drive tiny cars find it relaxing, scientists report
Sometimes life really can be a rat race.
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2019
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News tagged with mental illnesses
Mega docking library poised to speed drug discovery
Researchers have launched an ultra-large virtual docking library expected to grow to more than 1 billion molecules by next year. It will expand by 1000-fold the number of such "make-on-demand" compounds readily available ...
Biochemistry
Feb 6, 2019
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Pets do not significantly benefit the emotional health of owners with severe mental illness, study shows
A new study published in the CABI journal Human-Animal Interactions suggests that companion animals—including dogs, cats, fish and birds—do not significantly benefit the emotional health of owners with severe mental illness.
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2023
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Researchers drill down to the core of wellbeing worldwide
Researchers at SAHMRI and Flinders University have conducted the largest ever meta-analysis of wellbeing studies from around the world to answer the question, "What's the best way to build personal wellbeing?".
Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2021
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How a metamaterial might improve a depression treatment
A brain stimulation technique that is used to treat tough cases of depression could be considerably improved with a new headpiece designed by University of Michigan engineers.
Engineering
Oct 29, 2013
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Nanomedicine breakthrough could improve chemotherapy for childhood cancer
(Phys.org)—In a world-first, researchers from the Australian Centre for Nanomedicine at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney have developed a nanoparticle that could improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 20, 2012
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Researchers identify structure of circadian clock protein
(PhysOrg.com) -- Feeling jet-lagged? You may need your internal clock reset. New Cornell research has taken a major step toward treating jet lag and other more serious syndromes by advancing our understanding of how circadian ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2011
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Captive chimpanzees show signs of compromised mental health
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Kent, UK, has shown that serious behavioural abnormalities, some of which could be compared to mental illness in humans, are endemic among captive chimpanzees.
Plants & Animals
Jul 5, 2011
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Material success and social failure?
It is common knowledge that in rich societies the poor have shorter lives and suffer more from almost every social problem. Likewise, large inequalities of income are often regarded as divisive and corrosive.
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2009
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Fluctuating coffee prices are putting mental pressure on Vietnamese farmers
While your invigorating morning coffee may become cheaper when there are large fluctuations in the world market price, they are a major additional psychological burden for the farmers who grow the coffee.
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2024
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