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![Rollercoaster of emotions: Exploring emotions with virtual reality](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e914e2_0ba091620a2f477ab124889521e98b95~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/e914e2_0ba091620a2f477ab124889521e98b95~mv2.webp)
Joshua Shavit
Dec 25, 2021
Rollercoaster of emotions: Exploring emotions with virtual reality
The aim of the research was to find out what happens in participants' brains while they experience emotionally engaging situations.
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Joshua Shavit
Dec 24, 2021
New research sheds light on how ultrasound could be used to treat psychiatric disorders
Research to tackle psychiatric conditions where maladaptive decisions are observed through exposure to ultrasound neuromodulation.
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Joshua Shavit
Dec 23, 2021
Are older people more likely to fall for Covid-19 scams than younger people?
Are older people more likely to fall for Covid-19 scams than younger generations?
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Joshua Shavit
Dec 22, 2021
What if we have to talk without moving our hands?
Researchers at UPF and the University of Padua discover what happens when we do not use our hands to explain something.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 21, 2021
World's first dinosaur preserved sitting on nest of eggs with fossilized babies
The fossil in question is that of an oviraptorosaur, a group of bird-like theropod dinosaurs that thrived during the Cretaceous Period.
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Joshua Shavit
Dec 21, 2021
Advanced analysis of Apollo sample illuminates Moon’s evolution
Sophisticated analysis of a rock sample taken from the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission revealed new information.
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Joshua Shavit
Dec 20, 2021
Human cost of COVID travel restrictions revealed in new study
Stories reveal the emotional toll of prolonged separation across geographical distances when loved ones are no longer ‘just one flight away’
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Joshua Shavit
Dec 20, 2021
NASA enters the solar atmosphere for the first time, bringing new discoveries
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona – and sampled particles and magnetic fields there.
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Joshua Shavit
Dec 20, 2021
The router in your home might be intercepting some of your Internet traffic -- for a good reason
The router in your home might be intercepting some of your Internet traffic and sending it to a different destination.
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Joshua Shavit
Dec 20, 2021
Flawed diamonds may provide perfect interface for quantum computers
Flaws in diamonds — atomic defects where carbon is replaced by nitrogen or another element — may offer an interface for quantum computing.
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Joshua Shavit
Dec 20, 2021
Brain study on how to slow down climate change
When it comes to climate-friendly behaviour, there is often a gap between what we want and what we actually do.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 19, 2021
Humans reached remote North Atlantic islands centuries earlier than thought
The lake bed on the island of Eysturoy contains a sediment layer laid down around 500 AD that documents the first arrival of sheep & humans.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 19, 2021
How diet influences taste sensitivity and preference
UC Riverside fruit-fly study shows food choice can be regulated to mitigate nutrient deficit or excess.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 17, 2021
More than 100 underwater animal species found living on 2,200-year-old Mediterranean shipwreck
Researchers reported finding no fewer than 114 species of animals, coexisting in a complex community, on a ship’s ram from a sunk ship.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 17, 2021
‘Good virus’ may help scientists treat incurable eye disorders
Researchers from West Virginia University are studying how a benign virus can make new treatments for eye diseases possible.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 16, 2021
Winter is coming: Researchers uncover the surprising cause of the little ice age
New research provides a novel answer to one of the persistent questions in historical climatology: what caused the Little Ice Age?
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 16, 2021
Gene therapy advance shown to restore severe hearing loss
Hearing loss has been linked to mutations in ~100 different genes, but up to 16 percent of genetic hearing loss can be traced to STRC gene.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 14, 2021
According to experts, these 4 secrets are essential to raising kind children
Schools around the world are implementing lessons that teach empathy and compassion, and science is increasingly focusing on their benefits.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 13, 2021
Asthma may reduce risk of brain tumors -- but how?
People with asthma seem to be less likely to develop brain tumors than others. And now, researchers believe they have discovered why.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 12, 2021
Is Europe entering a golden age of astronomy?
Groundbreaking discoveries about gravitational waves, black holes, cosmic rays, neutrinos and other areas may soon become more frequent.
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