New SOFT e-textiles could offer advanced protection for soldiers and emergency personnel

(Dartmouth College) New technology from Dartmouth College harnesses electronic signals in a smart fabric to detect, capture, concentrate and filter toxic chemicals.

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Dissecting effects of 1960s anti-poverty programs on present US

(Stanford University) Stanford postdoctoral scholar Claire Dunning traces the history and effects of New Careers, a 1960s federal anti-poverty program. While it helped expand the nonprofit sector, it also perpetuated inequality in urban areas.

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Strength exercise as vital as aerobic new research finds

(University of Sydney) Push ups and sit ups could add years to your life according to a new study of over 80,000 adults led by the University of Sydney.

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Empowered employees are more proactive -- even when they don't trust their leader

(Frontiers) New research confirms that employees with empowering leaders are more proactive -- and, for the first time, shows that this effect occurs by increasing employee confidence to undertake tasks beyond the job description. The researchers elaborate a model that explains why, and when, empowering leadership can promote proactivity in the workplace, and provide suggestions for managers and organizations.

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Babies can use context to look for things, study demonstrates

(Brown University) In a new study, infants as young as 6 months old demonstrated that they can rapidly integrate learning, memory and attention to improve their search for faces in a simple scene.

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Could the Neolithic Revolution offer evidence of best ways to adapt to climate change?

(University of Plymouth) The behavior of the human population during the last intense period of global warming might offer an insight into how best to adapt to the current challenges posed by climate change, a study led by the University of Plymouth suggests.

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Researchers look for dawn of human information sharing

(Washington State University) Researchers are challenging a widely accepted notion, first advanced by paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey, that a 2 million-year-old rock represents the dawn of human ancestors sharing information with each other.

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