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Fever during pregnancy more than doubles the risk of autism or developmental delay
A team of UC Davis researchers has found that mothers who had fevers during their pregnancies were more than twice [...]
Distress of child war and sex abuse victims halved by new trauma intervention
A new psychological intervention has been shown to more than halve the trauma experienced by child victims of war, rape [...]
Commonly used pesticide turns honey bees into ‘picky eaters’
Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that a small dose of a commonly used crop pesticide turns honey bees [...]
Army study: DNA vaccine and duck eggs protect against hantavirus disease
Army scientists and industry collaborators have successfully protected laboratory animals from lethal hantavirus disease using a novel approach that combines [...]
Hazelnuts: New source of key fat for infant formula that’s more like mother’s milk
Scientists are reporting development of a healthy “designer fat” that, when added to infant formula, provides a key nutrient that [...]
Common Acne Medication Doubles Risk of Eye Infections
Millions of teenagers suffer from acne, and they deal with the embarrassing skin blemishes by taking popular prescription medications such [...]
No mistake – male bosses’ errors matter
What do employees think of their boss when he or she makes a mistake? According to a new study, leaders [...]
Wearing two different hats: moral decisions may depend on the situation
An individual’s sense of right or wrong may change depending on their activities at the time – and they may [...]
Voter genetics may predict election outcomes
Editor’s Note: Boston University School of Medicine has withdrawn this news release.
Putting financial tools to use against climate change
A tool commonly used by financial strategists to determine what shares to purchase to create a diversified stock portfolio was [...]
When, where and how wood is used impacts carbons emissions
How wood is used after it is cleared from a forest and where that forest is located largely affects the [...]
Tracking endangered elephants with satellite technology
A hundred years ago wild elephants on the Malay Peninsular could be counted in their thousands — now there are [...]
Social media put women at center of Arab Spring uprisings
Over the course of 2011’s momentous Arab Spring uprisings, young women in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen used social [...]
A robot learns how to tidy up after you
Sooner than you think, we may have robots to tidy up our homes. Researchers in Cornell’s Personal Robotics Lab have [...]
Human testing to start on anti-Alzheimer’s drug
After an announcement by federal officials approving clinical trials for the drug Crenezumab, researchers searching for a way to treat [...]
Hunter-Gatherers, Foragers Have Low Hypertension, Risk of Heart Disease
While age-related increases in blood pressure –– and the associated risk of atherosclerosis –– are commonplace in the United States, [...]
Not a one-way street: Evolution shapes environment of Connecticut lakes
Environmental change is the selective force that preserves adaptive traits in organisms and is a primary driver of evolution. However, [...]
Well-connected brains make you smarter in older age
Brains that maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us sharp in later life, new research funded by [...]
