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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 30-Jul-2025 16:11 ET (30-Jul-2025 20:11 GMT/UTC)

Study reveals importance of culture in intimate partner violence recovery

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from the University of California, Riverside, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison looking into the mental health and well-being of Latina college students who have experienced intimate partner violence, or IPV, emphasizes the need for culturally responsive approaches to support effective healing.

Journal: Violence Against Women

How cumulative heat exposure affects students

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A holistic approach reveals the global spectrum of knowledge on the impact of cumulative heat exposure on young students, according to an article published July 30 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Konstantina Vasilakopoulou from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, and Matthaios Santamouris from the University of New South Wales, Australia. The article aims to shed light on the social and economic inequalities caused within and across countries, the potential adaptive measures to counterbalance the impact of overheating, and forecasts about the cognitive risks associated with future overheating.

Journal: PLOS Climate

Indian adults who move to cities are significantly more likely to become obese than their rural counterparts - and the longer they stay, the greater the risk

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Indian adults who move to cities are significantly more likely to become obese than their rural counterparts - and the longer they stay, the greater the risk

Journal: PLOS One

Instagram images could influence public opinion on certain major events

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study of Instagram posts has uncovered strong statistical correlations suggesting that social media images may play a key role in shaping public opinion toward events, with notable social and political effects. Nafiseh Jabbari Tofighi of Istanbul Medipol University, Turkey, and Reda Alhajj of University of Calgary, Canada, Istanbul Medipol University, Turkey, and University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on July 30, 2025.

Journal: PLOS One

Different dimensions of psychopathy might be associated with different physiological underpinnings of facial emotion recognition - and oxytocin could affect this skill - per scoping review of 66 studies

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Different dimensions of psychopathy might be associated with different physiological underpinnings of facial emotion recognition - and oxytocin could affect this skill - per scoping review of 66 studies

Journal: PLOS One

Black Death offers window into how childhood malnutrition affects adult health

University of Colorado at Boulder
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by anthropologist Sharon DeWitte at CU Boulder finds hints that experiencing malnutrition as a infant or child doesn't necessarily harm the health of humans in adulthood—although the relationship is complicated.

Journal: Science Advances

Borderline democracy? How Polish voters tolerated restrictions of civil liberties to address immigration crisis

University of California - Merced
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Facing a growing migration crisis in 2021, the Polish government declared a state of emergency along its border with Belarus, suspending basic civil liberties for citizens. A new study in The Journal of Politics finds evidence that the action avoided politcal backlash from voters, indicating citizens will tolerate civil restrictions if they feel it is worth the outcome.

Journal: The Journal of Politics

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