Why vaping can mean more — not less — stress
Within minutes of your first puff on a nicotine vape, you may have felt less stressed, more focused, and oddly like you had just aced a test. You felt good. Sadly, nicotine can make a great first impression — but then the mind games take over f.....»»
Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the US
Black mothers are the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to the mental and physical harms of stress from living with gun violence in America......»»
Warzone 2.0 Plunder mode alleviates the stress of battle royale
Warzone 2.0's new Plunder mode is refreshing, offering variety that serves as a nice break from Battle Royale......»»
Researchers call for incorporating heat stress indices into communication of dangerous heat waves
In the summer of 2022, over 20,000 excess deaths across Spain, France, Germany and Great Britain were suggested to have been linked to extremely hot weather. In the context of global warming where climate models point to the fact that extreme heat wa.....»»
Pet rabbits need freedom to exercise, study finds
Pet rabbits have higher levels of the stress hormone—corticosterone—and show activity rebound when kept in small hutches with restricted exercise, new research led by the University of Bristol Vet School has found. The research highlights the imp.....»»
Aerial root mucilage fixes atmospheric nitrogen to support plant growth
Plant-associated microbes play an important role in host nutrient utilization, stress tolerance, plant health, and adaptation. Identifying the key mucilage compound and friendly microbe, as well as their protective association with diazotrophic micro.....»»
Study: Cells send maintenance crews to fix damaged protein factories
In a discovery fundamental to the inner workings of cells, scientists have discovered that if oxidative stress damages protein factories called ribosomes, repair crews may move in to help fix the damage so work can quickly resume......»»
Biological age is increased by stress and restored upon recovery, shows DNA methylation clock study
The biological age of humans and mice undergoes a rapid increase in response to diverse forms of stress, which is reversed following recovery from stress, according to a study publishing on April 21 in the journal Cell Metabolism. These changes occur.....»»
Diablo IV"s Server Slam Promises One Last Stress Test Before Launch
Blizzard has announced a final testing event called Server Slam that will help it prepare for the upcoming launch of its anticipated "Diablo IV" game. Blizzard has a.....»»
Cracking the case of mitochondrial repair and replacement in metabolic stress
Scientists often act as detectives, piecing together clues that alone may seem meaningless but together crack the case. Professor Reuben Shaw has spent nearly two decades piecing together such clues to understand the cellular response to metabolic st.....»»
Novel durable copper-aluminum-zinc shape memory alloys for energy-efficient refrigeration
The elastocaloric effect is a phenomenon where a material displays a temperature change when it is exposed to a mechanical stress. The change in temperature occurs due to an entropy difference resulting from a martensitic transformation accompanied b.....»»
3D-printed alloy 600 times as resistant to stress as existing alloys
A team of materials scientists from NASA working with a colleague from The Ohio State University and another from HX5 LLC has developed a 3D printing process that produces an alloy that is much more resistant to stress than others now in use. Their s.....»»
Take the Stress Out of Managing Your Business Taxes with QuickBooks Online
Eliminate the stress from business tax management with QuickBooks Online and its suite of anywhere-access finance tools......»»
Is college stressing you out? It could be the way your courses are designed
Stress is stopping students from enrolling in and staying in college......»»
Study shows genes are read faster and more sloppily in old age
Fast but sloppy, that's how the transcription of genes changes with age. Six research groups from the University of Cologne Cluster of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Age-Associated Diseases (CECAD), the Max Planck Institute for Biology of.....»»
Musk on Twitter: Was forced to buy; shouldn’t tweet after 3 a.m.; Apple has returned; more
A “hastily arranged” hour-long interview with Elon Musk on a wide range of Twitter topics was broadcast live on Twitter Spaces. In it, Musk says that he only went ahead with the purchase because he was forced to; it’s been a painful and stress.....»»
4 ways to reduce stress and relax with Apple Watch
Whether it’s something recurring in your daily life or an unexpected event, we all experience stress and anxiety. You may not have thought about it, but if you have an Apple Watch, there’s a useful tool on your wrist to help find some peace and.....»»
Ethylene transcriptionally regulates cold stress in grapevine leaves
Low temperature can affect the development of plants and the yield of crops. Ethylene (ETH) is known to positively regulate cold tolerance. However, the role of ETH in transcriptional regulation of grapevine leaves subjected to low temperature stress.....»»
Researchers reveal crucial role of RNA in modulating autophagic degradation of protein condensates
A research group led by Prof. Zhang Hong from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has demonstrated that RNAs act as a switch to change the fate of phase-separated protein condensates from autophagic degradation to stress-tr.....»»
New research roots out new mechanism for branching in plants
Researchers have revealed for the first time how a mechanism that controls root development in plants enables them to cope better with environmental stress conditions......»»
Exploring the Benefits of Gaming on your Phone
Although parents may not want to concede, it has been proven and is now well-known that playing video games can have lots of health benefits. Anything from relieving stress, lowering depression and creating an overall good relaxed feeling. While this.....»»