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Young adults who exercise get higher IQ

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Young adults who are fit have a higher IQ and are more likely to go on to university, reveals a major new study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital.


World-first sustainable racing car to take on Formula 3 at Brands Hatch (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Can the idea of 'green motorsport' actually work? Yes, according to Dr Kerry Kirwan at the University of Warwick, who led the research team which designed and built the worldfirst fully sustainable Formula 3 racing car.


Study: depression can lead to inflated reports of physical symptoms

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research shows people who feel depressed tend to recall having more physical symptoms than they actually experienced. The study indicates that depression -- not neuroticism -- is the cause of such over-reporting.


Sick Children Affect Parents' Mental Health

Sick Children Affect Parents' Mental Health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Caring for a child with health problems profoundly affects the physical health, mental health and work attendance of parents, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin ...


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Researchers find genetic link between physical pain and social rejection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA psychologists have determined for the first time that a gene linked with physical pain sensitivity is associated with social pain sensitivity as well.


Communication problems in dementia care cause physical strain

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Excessive physical strain in dementia care is not so much related to equipment or the resident's body weight as it is due to communication problems and misunderstandings. This is shown in a new study from the Sahlgrenska ...


All-in-one computerized scheduling will make airports greener, more efficient

All-in-one computerized scheduling will make airports greener, more efficient

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new computerised approach to airport operations is being developed that will reduce delays, speed up baggage handling and decrease pollution.


Pickin' Up Good Vibrations to Produce Green Electricity

Pickin' Up Good Vibrations to Produce Green Electricity

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vibrations from the environments we live and work in could be much more widely harnessed as a clean source of electricity, due to cutting-edge UK research.


Within a cell, actin keeps things moving

Within a cell, actin keeps things moving

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using new technology developed in his University of Oregon lab, chemist Andrew H. Marcus and his doctoral student Eric N. Senning have captured what they describe as well-orchestrated, actin-driven, ...


Cancer research gets physical

Cancer research gets physical

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer research has traditionally been the realm of biologists, and, more recently, engineers. Now, physicists are getting in on the action.


Could acetaminophen ease psychological pain?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Headaches and heartaches. Broken bones and broken spirits. Hurting bodies and hurt feelings. We often use the same words to describe physical and mental pain. Over-the-counter pain relieving drugs have long been used to alleviate ...


Love hurts: Why emotional pain really affects us

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Have you ever felt overly upset by a social snubbing? Your genetics, not your friends, may be at fault.


New Bluetooth application will let sport fans share experiences in real time

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Imagine watching a football match, seeing a foul and being able to immediately swap comments with friends who saw the same incident from the other side of the stadium.


Highlight: Solar - Bridging the gap

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Titanium dioxide, the same inexpensive white pigment that protects us from sunburns, can be converted into a material that absorbs sunlight and could greatly increase the efficiency of solar energy cells.


Holocaust survivors at higher risk for all cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jewish survivors of World War II who were potentially exposed to the Holocaust are at a higher risk for cancer occurrence, according to a new study published online October 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.