Social ScienceThe Increasing Influence of Earning What One Wants in Adolescence Adolescence is an important period of development that lays the foundation for the rest of an individual’s life. It is a time when young people…
PsychologyLadies Who Afterward Embraced their Partner had Lower Cortisol Responses to Stress The salivary levels of the stress hormone cortisol showed that women who were encouraged to embrace their love partner before going through a stressful encounter…
EnvironmentProduct Stewardship Product Stewardship is an approach to managing the environmental and social impacts of a product throughout its entire life cycle, from the extraction of raw…
PhysicsInvestigating Ag Nanowire Interconnect Networks’ Atomic Flow of Nanojoints for Flexible Electronics Ag nanowires are one-dimensional structures composed of silver atoms that have a diameter of a few nanometers (typically less than 100 nm) and a length…
AgricultureCivic Agriculture Civic agriculture refers to the practice of creating sustainable and locally-based food systems that are socially and economically beneficial to communities. It is a model…
TechnologyReusable Nanostructured Substrate for Highly Sensitive Pollution Detection Surface-enhanced SERS, also known as Raman scattering (or spectroscopy), is an advanced analytical technique that broadens the scope of Raman applications to trace analysis, such…
EconomicsIndustrial Ecology – a study of material and energy flows Industrial ecology is a field of study that focuses on the sustainability of industrial systems and their interaction with the environment. It seeks to understand…
MarketingSocial Commerce Social commerce refers to the use of social media platforms to facilitate buying and selling of goods and services. It involves the integration of social…
EnvironmentCommunities at Risk of Flooding Could be Protected by Real-Time Early Warning Systems A recent study shows that including local communities in the creation of a real-time early warning system could help to lessen the frequently disastrous effects…
PsychologyDetached Feelings Signal Worse Mental Health Outcomes Following Trauma The presence of dissociation, a profound sense of detachment from one’s sense of self or surroundings, may indicate a high risk of later developing severe…
TechnologyMind-controlling Robots are now a Reality Mind-control robots are not yet a reality in the sense that there are no fully functional robots that can be controlled solely by the human…
EnvironmentA New Method to Evaluate Rivers’ Likelihood to Produce Severe Floods The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ has four hydrologists and geoscientists who have created a novel method to evaluate a river’s likelihood to produce catastrophic…