News tagged with violent acts

Tool developed to predict violence and aggression in children and teens

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have developed a tool to rapidly assess the risk of aggressive and violent behavior by children and adolescents hospitalized on psychiatric units. Ultimately, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Fine, jagged ash increased Eyjafjallajokull volcano's influence

The 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano was not a large event. Over months of volcanic activity the ash plume never pushed above 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), and the mass flows peaked at 1 million kilograms per second ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research shows genes influence criminal behavior

Your genes could be a strong predictor of whether you stray into a life of crime, according to a research paper co-written by UT Dallas criminologist Dr. J.C. Barnes.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuroscientists explore how longstanding conflict influences empathy for others

MIT postdoc Emile Bruneau has long been drawn to conflict — not as a participant, but an observer. In 1994, while doing volunteer work in South Africa, he witnessed firsthand the turmoil surrounding ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New star cluster W3A images captured by SOFIA observatory

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) researchers have captured new images of a recently born cluster of massive stars named W3A.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Senator warns FDA on danger of newest painkillers

Following fatal shootings in two New York pharmacy robberies, a U.S. senator is warning that a new batch of "super painkillers" now under review could force repeats of recent violent robberies that left six people dead.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whooping cough returns as vaccine modified to reduce side-effects

Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. - mostly babies and toddlers - were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace," as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Anti-whaling activists' drone tracks Japan fleet

Anti-whaling activists intercepted Japan's harpoon fleet far north of Antarctic waters on Sunday, they said, with the help of a military-style drone.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 7

New forms of torture leave 'invisible scars', say researchers

Use of torture around the world has not diminished but the techniques used have grown more complex and sophisticated, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 81

What makes solo terrorists tick?

The double terrorist attack in Norway last July, which claimed 77 lives, has moved violent acts committed by single individuals up the political, media and now research agendas. Known as "lone wolf terrorism," these acts ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Could natural nuclear reactors have boosted life on this and other planets?

While modern-day humans use the most advanced engineering to build nuclear reactors, Nature sometimes makes them by accident.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2


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