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Magnetic stimulation using a laptop-style device for 20 minutes per day improved the ability of rodents with concussion to walk in a straight line, navigate a maze, run on a wheel, and perform cognitive tests, according to research published in the Journal of Neurotrauma.
Several years ago, a relatively new catalyst for vehicle emission control began showing signs of trouble.
Recent studies have suggested that people who experience the impacts of hurricanes, catastrophic flooding or other severe weather events are more likely to believe in, and be concerned about, climate change in the wake of the disaster.
Our actions are driven by “internal states” such as anxiety, stress, hunger or thirst – which will strongly affect and motivate our behaviors.
The news echoed across the world, through internet channels, in newspaper headlines and during TV broadcasts.
When Maggie Chory, Cass Nieman and Alexie Rudman (MEM’19) noticed that few studies have been done on the community of subsistence fishers – people who fish for food – around the Duke Marine Lab, they decided to fill the information gap and collect data through 80 semi-structured interviews with fishers in Carteret County, N.C., as their Master’s Project (MP).
