Thursday, March 28, 2024

Offbeat: Immersive virtual reality therapy shows lasting effect in treatment of phobias in children...

Immersive virtual reality has been shown to help children with autism with nearly 45% remaining free from their fears and phobias six months...

Offbeat: How your smartphone is affecting your relationship —

Smartphones have become a constant companion for many of us. In a recent study by the Pew Research Center, nearly 50 percent of...

Offbeat: Hearing and deaf infants process information differently —

Differences in cognitive development between hearing and deaf children start in infancy, according to new research by The Ohio State University College of...

Offbeat: Researchers capture a detailed picture of how earthquakes travel through the Earth’s subsurface...

In traditional seismology, researchers studying how the earth moves in the moments before, during, and after an earthquake rely on sensors that cost...

Offbeat: Learning new vocabulary during deep sleep —

Sleeping time is sometimes considered unproductive time. This raises the question whether the time spent asleep could be used more productively -- e.g....

Offbeat: Citizen scientists discover pinhead-sized beetle in Borneo —

How many citizen scientists does it take to discover a new species? A recent expedition to the Ulu Temburong forest in Borneo proved...

Offbeat: Vegetation may not be able to continue abating effects of emissions from human...

Global carbon emissions reached a record high in 2018, rising by an estimated 3.4 percent in the U.S. alone. This trend is making...

Offbeat: Technology offers powerful new genetic tools for human disease research in rodents —

Biologists at the University of California San Diego have developed the world's first CRISPR/Cas9-based approach to control genetic inheritance in a mammal. Scientists around...

Offbeat: Do endangered woods make better guitars? —

Researchers have tested the sounds made by six different acoustic guitars in a study addressing the effects of the type of wood used...

Offbeat: Ranger motivation in dangerous African park —

A new study by WCS looks at the job satisfaction of front line conservation rangers working in challenging conditions at a national park...

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