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Dental shame stops people seeking help for oral health issues, study warns

University of Exeter
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Shame can lead people to avoid getting treatment for dental issues, potentially worsening oral health inequalities, a new study warns.

Journal: Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology

Lifelong companionship protects aging rat brains from cognitive decline

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — October 9, 2025 — A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 9 of Aging-US on August 22, 2025, titled, “The impact of long-term social housing on biconditional association task performance and neuron ensembles in the anterior cingulate cortex and the hippocampal CA3 region of aged rats.”

Journal: Aging-US

BfR Consumer Monitor: Not many people are concerned about raw milk

BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Reports and Proceedings

Raw milk (untreated milk) enjoys a certain popularity, but poses health risks. Like approved food dyes and mercury in fish, raw milk was a topic covered by the BfR Consumer Monitor for the first time.

Streamlining the consciousness debate, from trees to hermit crabs

Michigan State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Michigan State University philosophy scholar has added clarity to a messy philosophical debate.

Journal: Biology & Philosophy

Social and emotional learning programs linked to academic gains

American Educational Research Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new large-scale analysis of existing research finds that school-provided social and emotional learning (SEL) programs improve students’ academic achievement in addition to their social and emotional development.

Journal: Review of Educational Research

Short inspirational videos as effective as meditation at reducing stress

American Psychological Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Watching short inspirational videos may be just as effective at reducing stress as meditation, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Journal: Psychology of Popular Media

SeoulTech scientists develop AI-based patent abstract generator to discover and detail technology opportunities

Seoul National University of Science & Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Identifying and interpreting vacancies in patent maps is a promising approach to discover technological opportunities. However, it remains a challenging task. Recently, scientists from Seoul National University of Science and Technology have developed an innovative machine learning approach based on text-embedding inversion, which translates patent vacancies into human-readable formats, helping to uncover technological opportunities for corporate growth.

Journal: Advanced Engineering Informatics

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