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Joseph Shavit
Jan 7, 2022
Employee training pays off with fewer layoffs
Companies that invested more in employee training before the pandemic were less likely to lay off their employees and reduce their workforce
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 7, 2022
Does consuming traditional media have an impact on well-being?
Does consuming traditional forms of media – including books, music and television – have an effect on short-term adult well-being?
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 6, 2022
Matter and anti-matter discovery could lead to new physics
The collaboration has made the most precise comparison yet between protons and antiprotons and whether or not they behave in the same ways.
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 6, 2022
Scientists uncover a method to predict cardiovascular disease
The study, published in Nature, may allow the development of new treatments to minimize the consequences of myocardial infarction.
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 6, 2022
Physicists have figured out how to make antimatter out of light
A new study by scientists has demonstrated how researchers may be able to create an accelerating jet of antimatter from light.
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 5, 2022
How far does a little kindness go? Research examines how doing good improves mental health
Researchers at the University of Toronto are taking steps to confirm the relationship between kindness and well-being.
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 5, 2022
Gravitational action of sun and moon influences behavior of animals and plants
Matter on Earth, both live and inert, experiences the effects of the gravitational forces of the Sun and Moon expressed in the form of tides
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 4, 2022
Why do mosquitoes bite some people more than others?
Researchers are doing some pretty out-there experiments in the name of science to find out why mosquitoes bite some people more than others.
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 4, 2022
Researchers find new treatment leads to much less overeating
Many participants felt that their negative body image and shame posed a barrier to physical activity and a social life.
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 3, 2022
Fish can count according to new research on Banded Archerfish
A trio of researchers at the University of Trento, in Italy, has found via experimentation that archerfish can distinguish between numbers.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 31, 2021
Scientists identify antibodies that can neutralize omicron
The findings could lead to the development of more effective vaccines and antibody treatments for COVID-19 variants.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 29, 2021
Human activity shown to literally move mountains
The Matterhorn appears as an immovable, massive mountain that has towered over the landscape near Zermatt for thousands of years.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 29, 2021
The relationship between music processing and language skills in the brain
Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging to study the brains of secondary school students during a task focused on musical observation.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 29, 2021
Largest collection of free-floating planets found in the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered at least 70 new free-floating planets — planets that wander through space without a parent star.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 28, 2021
Can we unlearn pain? Helping make sense of chronic pain
A three-pronged approach to learning about pain could improve the lives of people experiencing chronic pain.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 28, 2021
Researchers use electron microscope to turn nanotube into tiny transistor
Researchers have used a unique tool inserted into an electron microscope to create a transistor that’s 25,000 times smaller than a hair.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 28, 2021
Controlled burning of natural environments could help offset our carbon emissions
Prescribed burning can actually lock in or increase carbon in the soils of temperate forests, savannahs and grasslands.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 28, 2021
Earth's first giant, Ichthyosaur, reveals how whales became the largest animals ever
The skull of a newly discovered species of giant ichthyosaur is shedding new light on the marine reptiles’ rapid growth into behemoths.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 27, 2021
New therapy found to swiftly reduce depression and suicidal thoughts
Ketamine therapy has a swift short-term effect on reducing symptoms of depression and suicidal thoughts, according to research.
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Joshua Shavit
Dec 26, 2021
An element of surprise is the recipe for creating false memories
It turns out that human memory can be edited on the fly, creating memories that are nowhere near set in stone.
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