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Study looks at socioeconomic aspects of drinking

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From the University of Washington press release: Neighborhoods with greater poverty and disorganization may play a greater role in problem drinking than the availability of bars and stores that sell hard liquor, a University of… 

Study looks at how personalities change under the influence of alcohol

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From the Association for Psychological Science press release: People typically report substantive changes to their personality when they become intoxicated, but observations from outsiders suggest less drastic differences between “sober” and “drunk” personalities, according to… 

Sound projection: Are Stradivarius violins really better?

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From the CNRS press release: Researchers at the Institut Jean Le Rond d’Alembert (CNRS/UPMC) have shown that recently-made violins have better sound projection1than those built by the famous violinmaker Antonio Stradivarius. This study, published in…