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A new study in Denver shows that sending mental health professionals instead of police officers in response to some 911 calls can have significant benefits.
Research using mice has shown that targeted stimulation of the brain's serotonin system could improve memories of new acquaintances.
A new study, by the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences at Stanford University has suggested that deforestation could lead to a rise in the occurrence of diseases like CO...
When taking standardized tests, girls perform better with open-ended questions, but boys score higher on multiple choice, research shows.
A new study has found that customers don’t value and are less inclined to buy traditionally male products if they think they’ve been manufactured by women.
When women contribute to medical research, that research is more likely to include consideration of sex and gender.
Research suggests women feel more anxiety over taking high-stakes tests in college courses than men do.
Research suggests that big ideas are getting harder and harder to find, and innovations have become increasingly massive and costly endeavors.
Scientists are still a long way from creating a visual prosthesis that works as well as a real human eye. But, engineers are making steady progress in what was once the realm of science f...
Although many people say they want to protect their personal information, privacy tends to take a backseat to convenience.
New research shows how rising temperatures might influence mosquito behaviour and disease risk around the world.
David Dill, professor of computer science at Stanford University, discusses the risks of internet voting.
A new machine is learning how to map poverty using satellite images.
