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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 11-Sep-2025 09:11 ET (11-Sep-2025 13:11 GMT/UTC)

26-Mar-2025

Culture shock? Beijing Foreign Studies University study unveils new insights into emotional intercultural adjustment

ECNU Review of Education
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Emotions play a critical role in international students’ intercultural adjustment processes. A critical review by a researcher from Beijing Foreign Studies University examines the evolution of research on this topic. Initially focused on the concept of “culture shock,” the field now explores the personal growth value and sociocultural complexities of emotions. The study emphasizes the importance of taking a more inclusive conceptual horizon of emotions in empowering international students and advancing intercultural education programs to promote global social transformation.

Journal: ECNU Review of Education

26-Mar-2025

Soldiers can cope with killing

Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have investigated the mental health of all of Norway’s Lebanon and Afghanistan veterans. One factor determines whether they struggle after having killed another person.

Journal: Armed Forces & Society

26-Mar-2025

‘It's a shot, not a vaccine like MMR’: New skepticism prompts call for action

Lancaster University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new type of ‘vaccine scepticism’ has been uncovered by researchers at Lancaster University, who examined a nine-million-word corpus of tweets looking at vaccine comparisons and evaluations.

Journal: Vaccine

26-Mar-2025

Sexism in the City traces history of forgotten pioneers

Lancaster University
Book Announcement

A new history of women stockbrokers, authored by a Lancaster University professor, captures the stories of the businesswomen who fought against the odds to establish successful brokerages across the country and, in the process, challenged society's beliefs about women and money.

26-Mar-2025

Study shows link between the start of the working day and time preferences

University of Seville
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Jorge Mira Pérez of Universidad de Santiago de Compostela and José María Martín Olalla of the Universidad de Sevilla have analysed the responses to the public consultation organised by the European Commission in 2018 on changing the clocks.

Journal: Chronobiology International

26-Mar-2025

Adulting is hard on the heart: Teen to young adulthood is a critical time to address risk

American Heart Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Many youth have heart disease risk factors by their late teens, and preventing or addressing these risks early may reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in the future, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement

Journal: Journal of the American Heart Association

26-Mar-2025

Philosophy: cultural differences in exploitation of artificial agents

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new LMU study shows that people in Japan treat robots and AI agents more respectfully than people in Western societies.

Journal: Scientific Reports