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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Nov-2025 01:11 ET (15-Nov-2025 06:11 GMT/UTC)

Late-night screen use, easy access to medications tied to teen suicide attempts, study finds

Virginia Tech
Reports and Proceedings

A new study by a Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine’s child and adolescent psychiatry physician Abhishek Reddy is shedding light on factors that may be contributing to the rise in child and adolescent suicide. The research looked at the time of day, screen use and medication type related to overdose suicide attempts.

QQM Checklist enhances research quality appraisal across quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods

ECNU Review of Education
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Evaluating research quality is central to building scientific knowledge, yet social sciences often face challenges due to methodological limits and disciplinary biases in existing tools. A new study addressed these gaps by systematically reviewing current approaches and developing the Quality Appraisal Checklist for Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed-Methods Studies (QQM Checklist). This concise, versatile tool enhances rigor in assessing diverse study types and supports more transparent, evidence-based decisions in both research and funding.

Journal: ECNU Review of Education

How much does it hurt? New research puts a price on pain to improve measurement

Lancaster University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Asking people how much money they would accept to experience pain again can provide a more accurate and comparable measure of pain levels than the familiar 1–10 scale, according to an international research team led by Lancaster University.

Published in the journal Social Science & Medicine , the study indicates that people’s theoretical willingness to accept money in exchange for enduring pain offers a more reliable way to measure discomfort than conventional ‘self-reported’ measures of pain levels such as number scales or visual charts.

Global refugee sponsorship scheme could improve perceptions of refugees in the UK – research

University of Birmingham
Reports and Proceedings

The UK should develop a ‘global’ sponsorship programme to give all sponsored refugees the same rights and entitlements, including pathways to permanent settlement - benefiting communities, local authorities, volunteers and refugees, according to new research.

Zoom fatigue is a thing of the past

Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Recent study undertaken by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz has revealed that online meetings are not more exhausting than face-to-face meetings

Journal: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

An archaeological breakthrough will facilitate the mapping of underground spaces - The technology will enable 3D imaging of the subsurface for archaeological excavations.

Tel-Aviv University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A technological breakthrough at Tel Aviv University revolutionizes the world of archaeology: a proof of feasibility for using cosmic radiation detectors to discover underground spaces. The detectors identify muons – particles created when cosmic radiation collides with Earth’s atmosphere, which penetrate the ground before losing their energy and coming to a stop.

Automatically disadvantaged? What benefit recipients think about the use of AI in welfare decisions

Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in public administration is increasing worldwide—including in the allocation of social services such as unemployment benefits, housing benefits, and social welfare. However, an international research team from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the Toulouse School of Economics has shown that it is precisely those who depend on such benefits who are most skeptical about automated decisions. To gain trust and acceptance for AI-supported systems, the perspectives of those affected must be considered.

Journal: Nature Communications

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