Imperial Valley News Center
Combining social media and behavioral psychology could lead to more HIV testing
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- Written by Enrique Rivero
Los Angeles, California - Social media such as Twitter and Facebook can be valuable in the fight against HIV in the United States, where research has demonstrated they can prompt high-risk populations to request at-home testing kits for the virus that causes AIDS, suggesting a way to potentially boost testing rates.
The next Napa earthquake could be much bigger, scientists find
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- Written by Kat Kerlin
Davis, California - The magnitude 6 earthquake that shook the Napa Valley in August was the strongest the region had felt in more than 20 years. But the next earthquake in the area could be much stronger, according to preliminary research from the University of California, Davis, presented this week at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco.
Brave new world for food and health coming, nutrition scientists predict
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- Written by Pat Bailey
Davis, California - The year 2020 is a mere five years away but will be a turning point defining a new era of nutrition for both consumers and scientists, say nutritionists who met this year at the University of California, Davis.
Psychologists show that altruism is not simply innate
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- Written by Bjorn Carey
Stanford, California - Ever since the concept of altruism was proposed in the 19th century, psychologists have debated whether or not people are born into the world preprogrammed to be nice to others. Now, a pair of Stanford psychologists has conducted experiments that indicate altruism has environmental triggers, and is not something we are simply born with.
Spirituality shaped through cultural understandings
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- Written by Clifton B. Parker
Stanford, California - Culture makes a significant difference in how people experience spirituality, according to new Stanford research.
Stanford to host 100-year study on artificial intelligence
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- Written by Chris Cesare
Stanford, California - Stanford University has invited leading thinkers from several institutions to begin a 100-year effort to study and anticipate how the effects of artificial intelligence will ripple through every aspect of how people work, live and play.
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