Email incivility – rude messages, non-urgent messages marked “High priority” and time‐sensitive messages sent with inadequate notice – has a ripple effect that crosses work boundaries and ends up affecting employees and their domestic partners…

Study of ancient mound builders who lived hundreds of years ago on the Mississippi River Delta near present-day New Orleans offers new insights into how Native peoples selected the landforms that supported their villages and earthen mounds – and why these sites were later abandoned.

Study suggests ample warning of supervolcano eruptions

Key to willpower lies in believing you have it in abundance

Heat from below Pacific Ocean fuels Yellowstone, study finds

Serving water with school lunches could prevent child and adult obesity, and trim the medical costs and indirect societal costs associated with these problems by more than $13 billion…

Mass killings have happened at a steady rate for more than a decade, according to researchers

Congressional redistricting less contentious when resolved using computer algorithm

Study finds that brain network organization mediates relationship between nutrition and intelligence

A new study by University of Illinois found chronic tinnitus is associated with changes in certain networks in the brain, and those changes cause the brain to stay more at attention and less at rest

Study finds parallels between unresponsive honey bees, autism in humans

Spinach and kale are favorites of those looking to stay physically fit, but they also could keep consumers cognitively fit because of lutein, a nutrient found in green leafy vegetables, according to a new study from University of Illinois researchers.

Omega-3 fatty acids fight inflammation via cannabinoids: A new study in animal tissue reveals the cascade of chemical reactions that convert omega-3 fatty acids into cannabinoids that have anti-inflammatory benefits – but without the psychotropic high.

Research suggests sexual appeals in ads don’t sell brands, products

Scientists unearth world's oldest mushroom fossil. The 115-million-year-old fossil was discovered in the limestone in Brazil

Higher mass transit use was correlated with lower obesity rates in counties across the United States, according to a new study by University of Illinois researchers

Scientists build a molecular Trojan horse that can penetrate gram-negative bacteria, by modifying a drug that kills only gram-positive bacteria into a broad-spectrum antibiotic that could also kill gram-negatives

Study of the DNA in ancient skeletal remains adds to the evidence that indigenous groups living today in southern Alaska and the western coast of British Columbia are descendants of the first humans to make their home in northwest North America more than 10,000 years ago.

Distractibility not related to task's level of difficulty, suggesting it's based only on interest in the task

Emotional trauma from childhood bullying persists into college years and may surpass that of experiencing child abuse or being exposed to neighborhood violence

Study Links Mobile Device Addiction To Depression And Anxiety

Light illuminates the way for bio-bots: "The bio-bots are powered by muscle cells that have been genetically engineered to respond to light, giving researchers control over the bots' motion, a key step toward their use in applications for health…

Paper: Homeownership a ‘dream deferred’ for millennial generation

Catalyst combining reactivity and selectivity could speed drug development: A new manganese-based catalyst has given researchers both reactivity and selectivity in one efficient, lower-cost package

Optimism and the Brain: Trait Optimism Mediates the Protective Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex Gray Matter Volume against Anxiety

Mowing dry detention basins makes mosquito problems worse, team finds

A genetic study of papaya sex chromosomes reveals that the hermaphrodite version of the plant, which is of most use to growers, arose as a result of human selection, most likely by the ancient Maya some 4,000 years ago.

Watching 3-D videos of trees helps people recover from stress, researchers say

The membrane surrounding red blood cells grows stiffer over time, which steadily decreases their functionality.

Scientists have scoured cow rumens and termite guts for microbes that can efficiently break down plant cell walls for the production of next-generation biofuels, but some of the best microbial candidates actually may reside in the human lower intestine…

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