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Emotional memories can be suppressed with practice, new CU-Boulder study says
A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows people have the ability to suppress emotional memories with practice, which has implications for those suffering from conditions ranging from post-traumatic stress disorder to depression. view more (2007-07-13)
Coercive Sexual Behaviour in British Prisons
New research published in The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice analyses reports of coercive sexual behaviour in British prisons from adult ex-inmates, including both victims and perpetrators. Research, conducted by Dr Samantha Banbury, involved over 400 ex-inmate participants and focused on coercive sexual behaviour including forced drug... view more... (2004-03-11)
ESA`s Integral satellite ready for lift-off from Baikonur
Follow the launch from one of the ESA establishments view more (2002-10-07)
Carina Nebula dust pillars harbor embedded stars, says research team
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have imaged a giant molecular cloud being shredded by howling stellar winds and searing radiation, exposing a group of towering dust pillars harboring infant stars, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher. view more (2005-05-30)
Schools sign up for safe surfing
Schools in Yorkshire are signing up fast to a package designed to stop children as young as three looking at pornographic sites on the Web. Very young children as young can look at sexually explicit and racist Internet sites if they are using nursery-school computers where passwords and filters can be flawed. The problem is a growing worry for... view more... (2002-05-18)
Alcoholics Anonymous membership may decrease alcohol-related homicides
New research that looks at the relationship among drinking, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) membership, and homicide mortality has found that AA can have a beneficial effect on alcohol-related homicide mortality rates, particularly among males who consume beer and spirits. view more (2006-09-25)
Case Western Reserve University psychologist finds gender differences in forgiving
Forgiveness can be a powerful means to healing, but it does not come naturally for both sexes. Men have a harder time forgiving than women do, according to Case Western Reserve University psychologist Julie Juola Exline. view more (2008-03-04)
1 in 100 11-year-olds use drugs to enhance performance in sport
More than one per cent of eleven year olds admit using performance enhancing drugs to do better in sports reports a study published online ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. view more (2007-06-20)
Cosmic Lens Reveals Distant Galactic Violence
By cleverly unraveling the workings of a natural cosmic lens, astronomers have gained a rare glimpse of the violent assembly of a young galaxy in the early Universe. Their new picture suggests that the galaxy has collided with another, feeding a supermassive black hole and triggering a tremendous burst of star formation. view more (2008-10-21)
Distant 'Super-Starburst' Galaxies Hide Active Black Holes
ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PRESS NOTICE: view more (2005-03-31)
Perinatal environment influences aggression in children
It's a well-documented fact that children from zero to two can be spontaneously aggressive and that boys can be among the worse culprits. Even after being socialized, seven percent of boys will continue to be hyper-aggressive until the age of nine. view more (2009-03-11)
Which university course is healthiest?
The subject you study at university determines how healthy you will be in the future, suggests new research published in the August Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Dr Peter McCarron and colleagues in Glasgow and Belfast followed up health records collected from male students at Glasgow University between 1948 and 1968. They discovered... view more... (2003-07-28)
First generation antipsychotic drugs as effective as newer ones in some children
Nearly every child who receives an antipsychotic medicine is first prescribed one of the second-generation, or "atypical" drugs, such as olanzapine and risperidone. However, there has never been evidence that these drugs are more effective than the older, first-generation medications. view more (2008-09-15)
Geologists point to outer space as source of the Earth's mineral riches
According to a new study by geologists at the University of Toronto and the University of Maryland, the wealth of some minerals that lie in the rock beneath the Earth's surface may be extraterrestrial in origin. view more (2009-10-19)
Scientists call for new law on extremism
Scientists are demanding changes to the Criminal Justice and Police Bill being debated today (Monday 29 January) in the Commons. They are pressing the government to outlaw animal rights extremism and allow the police to arrest the organisers of the type of violent protests used against Huntingdon Life Sciences. RDS has identified 20 different... view more... (2001-01-26)
Failure to count Iraqi casualties is irresponsible, say experts
An international group of public health experts has accused the British and American governments of being "wholly irresponsible" over their failure to count Iraqi casualties. view more (2005-03-09)
Unravelling a cosmic mystery-scientists discover the Universe's strongest magnetic field
Scientists from The University of Exeter and the International University, Bremen have discovered what is thought to be the strongest magnetic field in the Universe. view more (2006-03-31)
Mental Disorders In Postconflict Communities
People who experience violence associated with armed conflict have a range of mental disorders, suggest researchers from the Netherlands in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Postconflict psychiatric research in low-income countries has so far been focused on symptoms rather than on full psychiatric diagnostic assessment. Thus, few data are... view more... (2003-06-19)
Violence at work significantly boosts clinical depression risk
Employees subjected to real or threatened violence at work run a major risk of becoming clinically depressed, indicates research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. view more (2006-08-10)
Eye tissue shortage endangers clinical research's future
The future of clinical ophthalmology may be endangered by the decline in the number of human donor eyes provided by U.S. eye banks. view more (2006-07-12)
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