Researchers studying banded mongooses in Uganda have discovered that pups born to females that experienced elevated stress hormones during the later stages of pregnancy are much less likely to survive their first month.
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2015
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In an article recently published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Cambridge researchers have reported on a new method to measure biomechanical noise in cells under normal growth conditions and when subjected ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 16, 2015
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The refinement of a common handling technique used on laboratory animals for pre-clinical research can dramatically reduce stress levels and significantly improve welfare, according to the findings of a new study published ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2015
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Think of the city and images of traffic, pollution, noise and crowds spring to mind. The metropolis doesn't seem to be the most ideal habitat for any animals other than humans. However, Spanish and Argentinean scientists ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2015
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Stress wreaks havoc on our health—even at the cellular level. Cells under certain kinds of duress can lose water and put pressure on our DNA, making it difficult for genes to carry out critical functions such as self-repair. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 17, 2015
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The city of Boston endured one of the worst terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in April of 2013, when two pressure-cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. While emergency workers responded to the chaos ...
Social Sciences
May 22, 2015
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Compassion is a better managerial approach than toughness in today's workplace, writes a Stanford psychologist in a new article.
Social Sciences
May 22, 2015
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The world's first watches ran on springs and could run hours behind. The newest watches will measure heart rate and even ask how you're feeling.
Software
Apr 24, 2015
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Scientists have found a way to measure the unseen toll that environmental stress places on living creatures—showing that they can rev up their metabolism to work more than twice as hard as normal to cope with change.
Environment
Mar 30, 2015
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Out of all those cat videos that keep your eyes glued to the screen far longer than you would care to acknowledge, you may have seen some showing little and big cats trying their best to snuggle into big and too-little cardboard ...
