Ever since scientists discovered that purely psychological states—such as a feeling of loss of control—could trigger a physical crisis in the body, stress has been a dirty word. For decades, we have ...

Controlling stress levels is important to well-being alongside physical activity and a healthy diet. Prolonged, heightened periods of stress can hurt health and can cause behavioral changes, aches and ...

I now know that my children’s bath time has a dangerously large effect on my stress levels, causing an alarming red spike on my daily graph. I’m not sure what to do with this information. I suspect ...

At any point in time, there’s an optimal level of stress. Those not involved in something have no stress about it. Those overly involved may have unproductive and unhealthy levels of stress. And while ...

The entire stress-strain curve can now be determined using nanoindentation with a flat-ended cylindrical punch and novel analysis of the resulting force-displacement data 1. Unlike pyramidal indenters ...