Why Instagram might be affecting your mental health (and what you can do about it)
New research out of Notre Dame is digging into why social media isn't always good for us, especially if you're young and female.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-instagram-affecting-mental-health.html
EU tasks experts to find ways to fight fake news
The European Union has set up an expert group to help identify fake news and propose ways to tackle the problem amid concern that false information is influencing elections.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-eu-tasks-experts-ways-fake.html
Researchers measure single atoms in a graphene 'petri-dish'
Researchers working at The University of Manchester have shown new possibilities for observing nanomaterials in liquids by creating a graphene 'petri-dish'.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-atoms-graphene-petri-dish.html
Europe's lost forests – study shows coverage has halved over six millennia
More than half of Europe's forests have disappeared over the past 6,000 years thanks to increasing demand for agricultural land and the use of wood as a source of fuel, new research led by the University of Plymouth suggests.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-europe-lost-forests-coverage-halved.html
A brief history of fitness technology
Have you recently taken ownership of a shiny new activity tracking device? For many people, the essential fitness kit now includes gadgets designed not for sitting and staring at a screen, but for encouraging users to get up and move.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-history-technology.html
A matter of mobility: multidisciplinary paper suggests new strategy for drug discovery
A joint industry/academia study of a cancer target protein reveals unusual relation between binding site flexibility and drug-target lifetime. The results, published in Nature Communications, suggest a new strategy for drug discovery. The research was done in the framework of the Kinetics for Drug Discovery K4DD consortium, supported by the Innovative Medicines Initiative.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-mobility-multidisciplinary-paper-strategy-drug.html
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