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Agricultural producers and farm workers experience stressful working conditions that result in anxiety and depression at higher rates than the general population. At the same time, access to mental health care is often lacking in rural areas. In response, the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture funded four regional farm and ranch stress assistance networks in 2019.

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Kevin Gurney, a professor from NAU’s School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, found that a global database co-founded by Gore was underestimating greenhouse gas emissions at power plants by an average of 50%.

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Agriculture is a stressful occupation, and farmers struggle with anxiety and depression at higher levels than the general population. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign examines differences in mental health challenges for men and women farmers, focusing on the role of social support in mitigating stress.

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Near-Earth asteroid data helps probe possible fifth force of the universe

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Scientists at BFU named after Kant Immanuel have synthesized copper- and silver-based microparticles, stabilized with apple pectin. Experiments have shown that such particles effectively bind organic sulfur-containing compounds. Since substances containing sulphur atoms are present in the composition of oil and lead to metal corrosion, the development will help prevent pipelines and other equipment in contact with oil from premature destruction. The results are published in Journal of Ecological Engineering.

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In a pioneering longitudinal study, researchers tracked one person’s brain and behavioural activity for five months using brain scans and data from wearable devices and smartphones. They found that the everyday effects of sleep, exercise, heart rate and mood — both good and bad — could linger in our brains for over two weeks.

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Natural climate patterns such as El Niño are causing tropical glaciers to lose their ice at an alarming rate, a new study has found.

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An international team of health researchers has found that after Canadian and Australian regulators increased their enforcement efforts on their country’s unproven stem cell industry selling purported stem cell and regenerative medicine treatments, the number of businesses selling these products on a direct-to-consumer basis declined.

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Yue Lu aims to develop ways to measure how environmental exposures affect health at population-level scale and with organ-level precision, all through advanced analysis of simple blood draws.

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Former President Trump suggests undocumented immigrants who commit murder have ‘bad genes’, rhetoric that experts say is dehumanizing and is designed to boost fear about immigrants and the southern... ...