Associate clinical professor Brian Arwari has designed a system to help thwart attacks by assailants. Credit: Joshua Prezant/University of Miami Brian Arwari grew tired of what he calls “the cycle.”…
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Your Happiness Is Not Just About Your Personality; It’s Also Affected by Circumstances
Summary: Objective circumstances and behaviors like wealth and health affect happiness as much as subjective psychological traits, according to a recent study. Researchers found that surveys of happiness and life…
Robot fish makes splash with motion breakthrough
Credit: University of Bristol A coil-powered robot fish designed by scientists at the University of Bristol could make underwater exploration more accessible. The robot fish was fitted with a twisted…
Higher rates of HIV diagnoses found among mental health service users
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research has found HIV is 2.5 times more frequent in people who use mental health services than the general population in South London. The paper…
Presenting information about mental health in a second language could help counter cultural norms against treatment
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Public health outreach efforts often strive to overcome communication barriers by using interpretation and translation to present information to communities in their native language. However, bilingual…
Enlightening Study Explores the Neurobiology of Psychedelics
Summary: Researchers studied the brain activity of healthy participants under the influence of nitrous oxide, comparing it to data from studies with ketamine and LSD to see whether the neurobiology…
Novel additive helps improve stability of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells
The spatial distributions of long-alkyl-chain anionic surfactant additives in perovskite precursors. Credit: NIMTE Prof. Ye Jichun’s team at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese…
