http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Although past research has linked academic achievement gains to socioeconomic desegregation in schools, a new analysis reveals some hidden academic and psychological risks of integrating low-income students in schools with predominantly middle- and upper-class student populations that might undercut such achievement gains. http://www.physorg.com/news173609731.html Other Sciences Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:00:03 EST news173609731 Marketers have always known they must carefully choose where they place their ads, but a new study in Journal of Consumer Research shows that even the nearby content in a publication -its difficulty and design -affect consumers' perception and acceptance of the ad message. They also found that the ad's relationship to the editorial material affected consumer acceptance. http://www.physorg.com/news170352306.html Other Sciences Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:10:01 EST news170352306 Unfortunately for us, there is no formula for fulfillment or guide to life satisfaction; however, humans have turned to philosophy, religion and science time and again for answers to our existential questions. We may have come a long way since Confucius and Plato, and science continues to piece together some of the answers, but what have we learned so far? http://www.physorg.com/news167478071.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:10:03 EST news167478071 (PhysOrg.com) -- As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. Now, a new University of Missouri study has found that overweight children, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten. http://www.physorg.com/news165753936.html Other Sciences Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:01 EST news165753936 Major depression (MD) and alcohol dependence (AD) co-occur in individuals and within families at higher rates than expected by chance. This study looked at how mood-related drinking motives may explain the overlapping familial risk for MD and AD. Findings suggest that individuals with strong mood-related drinking motives, especially those based on negative feelings, may be vulnerable to developing both MD and AD. http://www.physorg.com/news161365864.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 May 2009 16:51:18 EST news161365864 The sexual and feminist revolutions were supposed to free women to enjoy casual sex just as men always had. Yet according to Professor Anne Campbell from Durham University in the UK, the negative feelings reported by women after one-night stands suggest that they are not well adapted to fleeting sexual encounters. Her findings (1) are published online in the June issue of Springer's journal, Human Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news133617019.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:50:19 EST news133617019