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Shopping for goods or services that you will share is significantly more stressful than shopping for yourself or for something to be given to another person, because “You feel more responsible and you feel less confident about your ability to do a good job with it”

10 days ago news.ucr.edu psychology

Microplastics hit male arteries hard: Everyday exposure to microplastics — shed from packaging, clothing, and plastic products — may accelerate the development of atherosclerosis, the artery-clogging process that leads to heart attacks and strokes

25 days ago news.ucr.edu medicine

Two toxic chemicals can form when the main ingredient in most e-cigarette fluids is heated, and that these compounds can harm human lung cells

50 days ago news.ucr.edu health

Orange rivers signal toxic shift in Arctic wilderness

3 months ago news.ucr.edu arctic signal

Gerrymandering erodes confidence in democracy, finds study of nearly 30,000 US voters

4 months ago news.ucr.edu

Aggressive immigration practices — such as detention, deportation, and workplace raids — are contributing to widespread emotional trauma among both immigrant and U.S.-born children living in mixed-status households.

4 months ago news.ucr.edu psychology

Gossiping among romantic partners create emotional bonding, couples’ gossip is strongly and reliably related to happiness and relationship quality

4 months ago news.ucr.edu psychology

A California dairy farm tried to capture its methane. It worked

6 months ago news.ucr.edu california environment

Tomatoes in the Galápagos are de-evolving. They found that plants on eastern islands produced the same alkaloids found in modern tomatoes

5 months ago news.ucr.edu

Strange Atlantic cold spot traced to ocean slowdown

5 months ago news.ucr.edu environment

The brain parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can significantly disrupt brain function, even when it infects only a small number of neurons, finds murine study

5 months ago news.ucr.edu brain neuroscience

Forests offset warming more than thought: study

6 months ago news.ucr.edu environment

Ultrasonic cigarettes, or u-cigarettes, marketed as a less harmful alternative to traditional e-cigarettes, may pose significant health risks due to the presence of harmful metals in their liquids and aerosols

6 months ago news.ucr.edu health

A California study finds that using an app to access real-time household water data reduces consumption by an average of 6.2%, with the top 20% of users cutting their water use by up to 12%

6 months ago news.ucr.edu california

New DSL "MassQL" lets scientists query mass spectrometry data

6 months ago news.ucr.edu

Scientists confirm vitamin B1 hypothesis from 1958

7 months ago news.ucr.edu chemistry

Democracies boost women’s participation in the labor market - study finds that freer societies compel more women to pursue careers

9 months ago news.ucr.edu

Impatience is the emotion people feel when they face a delay that seems unfair, unreasonable, or inappropriate

11 months ago news.ucr.edu psychology

Banning free plastic bags for groceries resulted in customer purchasing more plastic bags, study finds

12 months ago news.ucr.edu environment

Airborne plastic chemical levels shock researchers

14 months ago news.ucr.edu environment

Tapping into schadenfreude, German for “malicious pleasure,” may, ironically, do a lot of good by raising money for charity by boosting donations, suggests a new study

17 months ago news.ucr.edu psychology

Soot from large wildfires in California traps sunlight, making days warmer and drier than they ought to be

17 months ago news.ucr.edu california environment

Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains

20 months ago news.ucr.edu vaccine

We may be able to inhale scents that delay the onset of cancer, inflammation, or neurodegenerative disease in future

21 months ago news.ucr.edu cancer disease

A new study may hold a secret for getting your teenager to listen to appreciate your unsolicited advice

22 months ago news.ucr.edu psychology

First-ever sighting of a live newborn great white shark - no one has seen one in the wild, it seems, until now

22 months ago news.ucr.edu biology

High-fat diets affect negatively genes linked to the immune system, brain function, it can suppress a bacteria that protect the body against pathogens and also create an environment in which harmful gut bacteria can thrive

23 months ago news.ucr.edu brain health

Researchers have found 2 two-dimensional compounds (MXene and MBene) that are only few atoms thick and can capture carbon from the air

2 years ago news.ucr.edu environment

Scientists unveil fire-safe fuel

2 years ago news.ucr.edu chemistry

Scientists uncover Covid’s weakness

2 years ago news.ucr.edu covid

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