Longer maternity leaves lower women's risk of postpartum depression Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provision of 12 weeks unpaid leave may not be adequate to support maternal health, UMD study shows COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The more leave time from work that a woman takes after ...

Caution to pregnant women on red meat diabetes link Pregnant women and women planning to become pregnant can make use of the holiday season to adjust their diets and reduce the risk of gestational diabetes, according to researchers at the University ...

Global map to predict giant earthquakes A team of international researchers, led by Monash University's Associate Professor Wouter Schellart, have developed a new global map of subduction zones, illustrating which ones are predicted to be capable of ...

NUS researchers develop novel bio-inspired method to grow high-quality graphene for high-end electronic devices Drawing inspiration from how beetles and tree frogs keep their feet attached to submerged leaves, the study breaks current technology bottleneck ...

A new definition for old age Age is not just the number of years one has lived, argue IIASA population researchers. A new study from the group provides a set of tools for measuring age in all its dimensions. A groundbreaking ...

New study shows link between perfluorinated compounds and diabetes Perfluorinated compounds are environmental toxins that are found in fire extinguishing foam and water-repellent textiles and, for example. In a new study, a research team led from Uppsala University ...

National evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections in NHS hospitals Camden, UK, December 12, 2013 - The Journal of Hospital Infection (JHI) has just released the awaited epic3 guidelines on infection prevention and control for a range of ...

A new species of horse, 4.4 million years old CLEVELAND—Two teams of researchers, including a scientist from Case Western Reserve University, have announced the discovery of a new species of fossil horse from 4.4 million-year-old fossil-rich deposits ...

Systems medicine paves the way for improved treatment for leukemia patients A model for other cancer treatments in the future? A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, FIMM, and the Helsinki University ...

Collapse of the universe is closer than ever before Maybe it happens tomorrow. Maybe in a billion years. Physicists have long predicted that the universe may one day collapse, and that everything in it will be compressed to a small hard ball. New calculations from ...

Stealth maneuver allows nectar bats to target insect prey A nectar-feeding bat that was thought to eat insects in passing has been discovered to target its moving prey with stealth precision, according to new research by scientists at Queen ...

APA report on gun violence identifies precursors and promising solutions Behavioral threat assessment identified as most effective prevention strategy WASHINGTON – There is no single personality profile that can reliably predict who will use a gun in ...

Cancer diagnosis more likely to limit careers for patients from rural areas Rural cancer patients are at an increased risk for financial impact Compared to their counterparts in cities, cancer patients living in rural areas tend to retire early after being diagnosed, ...

Could 'methanol economy' help power post-fossil fuel era? New American Chemical Society video Could a simple molecule known as methanol become a key energy source for the post-fossil fuel era? 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner George Olah, Ph.D., and Surya ...

Study of rodent family tree puts brakes on commonly held understanding of evolution TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Rodents can tell us a lot about the way species evolve after they move into new areas, according to a new and exceptionally broad study conducted in ...

Mitt Romney's face looks different to Republicans and Democrats Political opinions can influence how people perceive a candidate's facial characteristics COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study suggests that political bias can influence how people perceive the facial characteristics ...

Young tropical forests contribute little to biodiversity conservation A satellite image of a green swath of tropical forest does not tell the whole story. About half the world's tropical forests are relatively young. Unless protected, they ...

Ballistics study leads to changes at federal agency HUNTSVILLE, TX (12/12/13) -- A team of researchers led by Sam Houston State University identified a number of areas of improvement in a national database of forensic ballistics evidence used to link guns to violent ...

Diabetes drugs affect hearts of men, women differently Widely used treatments for type 2 diabetes have different effects on the hearts of men and women, even as the drugs control blood sugar equally well in both sexes, according to researchers ...

How bats took over the night Tel Aviv University researchers unlock the secrets of echolocation's relationship to vision Blessed with the power of echolocation — reflected sound — bats rule the night skies. There are more than 1,000 species of these ...

Light and sound fire scientists' imaginations Rice researchers lead review of photonic, phononic metamaterials HOUSTON – (Dec. 12, 2013) – Strategies to manipulate light and sound go back to the first spherical glass bead and the pounding of the first hollow log. But their ...

Is smoking cannabis and driving the new drinking and driving? Use of prescription, over-the-counter medications also of concern in CAMH's latest Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey Toronto - Alcohol consumption and smoking among Ontario students ...

Whooping cough vaccine antigen disappearing from bacteria in US Vaccines for whooping cough contain three to five protective antigens, the presence of which are critical to the vaccine's effectiveness. But one of the antigens, pertactin, which had been present ...

Fast radio bursts might come from nearby stars First discovered in 2007, "fast radio bursts" continue to defy explanation. These cosmic chirps last for only a thousandth of a second. The characteristics of the radio pulses suggested ...

A powder to enhance NMR signals Towards fast and accurate structure determination by NMR and early cancer diagnosis by MRI Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy is an extremely powerful non-destructive technique for the characterization ...