Proximity to electric vehicle charging stations positively impacts home values
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Skip to content Menu Our Bloggers Twitter Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Proximity to electric vehicle charging stations positively impacts home values January 31, 2023 University of Rhode Island A new study finds that proximity to electric vehicle charging stations EVCSs can raise property values depending on where homes are situated . The study , conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Rhode Island , the University of Maryland College Park , Princeton University and Cardiff University , was recently published in Nature Sustainability Relying on actual market prices of approximately 14 million housing transactions between 1993 and 2021 in the state of California , and combining that with EVCS data , researchers found the greatest effect on the
, Skip to content Menu Our Bloggers Twitter Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Brain chip can head off Parkinson’s tremor , epileptic seizure January 31, 2023 EPFL EPFL researchers have combined low-power chip design , machine learning algorithms , and soft implantable electrodes to produce a neural interface that can identify and suppress symptoms of various neurological disorders . Mahsa Shoaran of the Integrated Neurotechnologies Laboratory  in the School of Engineering collaborated with Stéphanie Lacour in the Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces  to develop NeuralTree : a closed-loop neuromodulation system-on-chip that can detect and alleviate disease symptoms . Thanks to a 256-channel high-resolution sensing array and an energy-efficient machine
Skip to content Menu Our Bloggers Twitter Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search These ants donâ t just walk randomly they âmeanderâ systematically January 31, 2023 Cell Press If youâ ve ever watched an ant searching for food , you probably assumed that they were just covering ground in a random fashion . But a study by researchers reporting in the journal iScience  on January 30 now finds that at least one species of rock ant doesnâ t walk randomly at all . Instead , their search combines systematic meandering with random walks . interspersed âPreviously , researchers in the field assumed that ants move in a pure random walk when searching for targets of which they don’t know their location,â said Stefan Popp StefanPopp2 of the University of Arizona , Tucson
Skip to content Menu Our Bloggers Twitter Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Fishing in synchrony brings mutual benefits for dolphins and people January 31, 2023 Oregon State Traditional cooperative fishing between Lahille's bottlenose dolphins and artisanal net-casting fishers in Laguna , Brazil . By working together , dolphins and net-casting fishers in Brazil each catch more fish , a rare example of an interaction by two top predators that is beneficial to both parties , researchers have concluded following 15 years of study of the . practice âWe knew that the fishers were observing the dolphinsâ behavior to determine when to cast their nets , but we didnâ t know if the dolphins were actively coordinating their behavior with the fishers,â said Mauricio Cantor
Skip to content Menu Our Bloggers Twitter Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Marburg vaccine shows promising results in first-in-human study January 31, 2023 U.S . National Institutes of Health Colorized scanning electron micrograph of Marburg virus particles blue both budding and attached to the surface of infected VERO E6 cells orange A newly published paper in The Lancet shows that an experimental vaccine against Marburg virus MARV was safe and induced an immune response in a small , first-in-human clinical trial . The vaccine , developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID part of the National Institutes of Health , could someday be an important tool to respond to Marburg virus . outbreaks This first-in-human ,
Skip to content Menu Our Bloggers Twitter Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Creating an âoptical atomâ with water and light January 31, 2023 University of Gothenburg When a beam of light is shone into a water droplet , the light is trapped inside the droplet . Shining light on a water droplet creates effects analogous to what happens in an atom . This can help us understand how atoms work , write researchers from the University of Gothenburg in a new journal . article If you whisper by the wall in the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral in London , you’ll discover that the sound bounces off the domeâ s walls all the way around and is audible on the opposite side . Which is why the Cathedralâ s dome has been dubbed âthe whispering . gallery’ The same effect is achieved
, Skip to content Menu Our Bloggers Twitter Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search GPS , simulations show best spots for desert sheep to cross freeways January 31, 2023 Oregon State Desert bighorn sheep whose Southern California range is bisected by freeways may one day benefit from Oregon State University modeling designed to show where the animals would be most apt to use overpasses to safely cross the . interstates The research  is important because it shows how GPS tracking data and computer simulations can be used to predict animal movements â information thatâ s needed for the optimal siting of crucial but expensive habitat connectivity enhancement . projects Findings  of the study led by Christina Aiello , a research associate in the OSU College of
Skip to content Menu Our Bloggers Twitter Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Short-term bang of fireworks has long-term impact on wildlife January 31, 2023 Curtin University Popular fireworks should be replaced with cleaner drone and laser light shows to avoid the âhighly damagingâ impact on wildlife , domestic pets and the broader environment , new Curtin-led research has . found The new research , published in Pacific Conservation Biology examined the environmental toll of firework displays by reviewing the ecological effects of Diwali festivities in India , Fourth of July celebrations across the United States of America , and other events in New Zealand and parts of . Europe Examples included fireworks in Spanish festivals impacting the breeding success of
Skip to content Menu Our Bloggers Twitter Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Three or more concussions linked with worse brain function in later life January 31, 2023 University of Exeter Experiencing three or more concussions is linked with worsened brain function in later life , according to major new . research The study â the largest of its kind also found having just one moderate-to-severe concussion , or traumatic brain injury TBI can have a long-term impact on brain function , including . memory Led by teams at the University of Oxford and the University of Exeter , the research included data from more than 15,000 participants of the online PROTECT study who were aged between 50 and 90 and based in the UK . They reported the severity and frequency of
Skip to content Menu Our Bloggers Twitter Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Eye infection tablet may clear up treatment-resistant sex bug January 31, 2023 British Medical Journal BMJ An oral antibiotic tablet used to treat common eye infections may prove an effective medicine for a sexually transmitted bug that has become resistant to usual recommended treatment , suggest doctors in the journal Sexually Transmitted . Infections They successfully treated a young man with Mycoplasma genitalium  (non-gonococcal urethritis with . chloramphenicol Data from the UK Health Security Agency suggest rising antimicrobial resistance to first and second choice drugs used to treat this infection , while thereâ s currently no strong evidence for third choice options , say the .
Skip to content Menu Our Bloggers Twitter Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search How to reduce the temptation to cheat Reducing the temptation to cheat in relationships January 31, 2023 University of Rochester Man Removing Wedding Ring The beneficial effects of putting yourself in someone elseâ s shoes are well known . But can doing so in romantic relationships reduce the temptation to cheat A team of psychologist from Reichman University  in Israel and the University of Rochester  in upstate New York put that question to the test in a series of three double-blind , randomized . experiments The answer Yes , it . can Perspective-takingâor putting yourself in our partnerâ s shoesânot only reduces the temptation to cheat but inoculates against other
: . Deric's MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , behavior , psychology , and politics as well as random curious stuff Monday , January 30, 2023 How sleep shapes what we remember and forget . I have found monitoring the quality of my sleep to be a fascinating and useful activity . I use both the Oura ring and Apple watch to monitor body temperature , body movement , heart rate , and heart rate variability , and then compare their different but broadly similar algorithmic estimates of deep sleep , REM sleep , non-REM sleep , and wake periods . I'm on the lookout for articles on sleep during my scans of journals' tables of contents , and have come upon this review by Sakai of what is happening in our sleep to be concise and useful . Below is a more general overview
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: Deric's MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , behavior , psychology , and politics as well as random curious stuff Wednesday , January 11, 2023 Awe as a Pathway to Mental and Physical Health Reading this open source review from Maria Monroy and Dacher Keltner leaves me feeling substantially more mellow Their abstract , followed by a quote from Emerson , and then a summary graphic . How do experiences in nature or in spiritual contemplation or in being moved by music or with psychedelics promote mental and physical health Our proposal in this article is awe . To make this argument , we first review recent advances in the scientific study of awe , an emotion often considered ineffable and beyond measurement . Awe engages five processes—shifts in neurophysiology ,