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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 11-Jun-2025 03:09 ET (11-Jun-2025 07:09 GMT/UTC)

10-Jun-2025

Sensory impairment, not just memory tests, is vital for our understanding of dementia

Taylor & Francis Group
Book Announcement

Memory problems have long been considered the primary hallmark of dementia, but a team of researchers is now challenging this view.

10-Jun-2025

Once-a-week pill for schizophrenia shows promise in clinical trials

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT researchers developed a pill that can be taken once a week instead of daily, gradually releasing medication from within the stomach. In a phase 3 clinical trial, the treatment maintained consistent levels of the drug risperidone in patients with schizophrenia, and it controlled their symptoms just as well as daily doses of the drug.

Journal: The Lancet Psychiatry
Funder: Lyndra Therapeutics

10-Jun-2025

Why common climate messaging often backfires – and how to fix it

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study finds that while many Americans misjudge the relative climate impact of dozens of behaviors, they readily commit to higher-impact choices when they get more information. Willingness to engage in actions promoting larger-scale change falls off, however, if interventions focus solely on individual behavior.

Journal: PNAS Nexus
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

10-Jun-2025

Study provides evidence pigs were domesticated from wild boars in South China

Dartmouth College
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Dartmouth-led study provides evidence that pigs were first domesticated from wild boars in South China approximately 8,000 years ago. China has long been considered one of the locations for original pig domestication but tracking the initial process has always been challenging. The study is the first to find that pigs were eating humans' cooked foods and waste. The results are reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

10-Jun-2025

University of Houston researchers find that females with flexible personalities have fewer eating disorders

University of Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Up to 67 % of female college students in the United States are battling some form of eating disorder and University of Houston researchers find that females with flexible personalities have fewer problems.

Journal: Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science

10-Jun-2025

Concordia researchers examine the triumph of social media animal content

Concordia University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sharing animal photos online acts as a marker of affection in parasocial or interpersonal relationships, according to a new study by researchers at Concordia University in Montreal. It can be compared to pebbling, where certain types of penguins share pebbles with potential mates during courtship rituals.

The authors assert that the circulation of animal content creates digital affective networks — the relationships and encounters centred on and facilitated by digital mood-elevating content.

Journal: Journal of Consumer Research

10-Jun-2025

Corporate boards with more women in positions of power lead to safer workplaces

University of Notre Dame
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from the University of Notre Dame takes a first look at how workplace safety is affected by female board representation, finding there are fewer accidents and injuries on the job when boards have more women.

Journal: Journal of Operations Management