Longer sleep times may counteract genetic factors related to weight gain
Toss out another old wives' tale: Sleeping too much does not make you fat. Quite the opposite, according to a new study examining sleep and body mass index (BMI) in twins, which found that sleeping more than nine hours a night may actually suppress genetic influences on body weight. View More (2012-05-01)
U of I study: Lose body weight before gaining baby weight
A new University of Illinois study contains a warning for obese women who are planning pregnancies. Even if they eat a healthy diet when they are pregnant, their babies will develop in an unhealthy environment that places the infants at risk for future health problems. View More (2012-04-13)
Marriage and a High Socioeconomic Level Improve Health
People with a high socioeconomic level have been demonstrated to have better health than the rest of people. View More (2012-04-11)
TARA OCEANS completes 60 000-mile journey to map marine biodiversity
The two-and-a-half-year TARA OCEANS expedition finishes on 31 March when the ship and crew reach Lorient, France. View More (2012-03-28)
VCU study: Bad environment augments genetic risk for drug abuse
The risk of abusing drugs is greater - even for adopted children - if the family environment in which they are raised is dysfunctional, according to a new study conducted by a collaborative team from Virginia Commonwealth University and Lund University in Sweden. View More (2012-03-06)
Understanding causes of obesity in Aboriginal children
To fully understand the causes of the obesity epidemic in Aboriginal children requires an understanding of the unique social and historical factors that shape the Aboriginal community. View More (2012-01-25)
How does messiness affect consumer preference for simplicity?
A clean desk might not be all it's cracked up to be. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, messiness can lead consumers toward clearer thinking-especially political conservatives. View More (2012-01-18)
Mercury releases into the atmosphere from ancient to modern times
In pursuit of riches and energy over the last 5,000 years, humans have released into the environment 385,000 tons of mercury, the source of numerous health concerns, according to a new study that challenges the idea that releases of the metal are on the decline. View More (2011-12-15)
15 new conservation concerns
A review carried out by a group of international specialists has identified several emerging issues that are likely to damage biodiversity in the coming years. View More (2011-12-13)
A lake fauna in a shot-glass
Danish research team leads the way for future biodiversity monitoring using DNA traces in the environment to keep track of threatened wildlife - a lake water sample the size of a shot-glass can contain evidence of an entire lake fauna. View More (2011-12-12)
Walking through doorways causes forgetting, new research shows
We've all experienced it: The frustration of entering a room and forgetting what we were going to do. Or get. Or find. View More (2011-11-21)
The cerebellum as navigation assistant
The cerebellum is far more intensively involved in helping us navigate than previously thought. To move and learn effectively in spatial environments our brain, and particularly our hippocampus, creates a "cognitive" map of the environment. View More (2011-11-04)
Architecture and design help the brain to recover
How does the hospital environment affect our rehabilitation? New research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, into how the space around us affects the brain reveals that well-planned architecture, design and sensory stimulation increase patients' ability to recover both physically and mentally. View More (2011-11-02)
Deep words, shallow words: An initial analysis of water discourse in 40 years of UN declarations
UN University's Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health today published a study of the changing language related to water in high-level declarations from eleven UN conferences on water and the environment over the past forty years. View More (2011-11-01)
Harsh discipline fosters dishonesty in young children
Young children exposed to a harshly punitive school environment are more inclined to lie to conceal their misbehaviour than are children from non-punitive schools, a study of three- and four-year-old West African children suggests. View More (2011-10-25)
Digital worlds can help autistic children to develop social skills
The benefits of virtual worlds can be used to help autistic children develop social skills beyond their anticipated levels, suggest early findings from new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). View More (2011-10-24)
Inflexibilty may give pupils with autism problems in multitasking
Young people with autism may find it difficult to multitask because they stick rigidly to tasks in the order they are given to them, according to research led by an academic at the University of Strathclyde. View More (2011-08-16)
New model predicts environmental effect of pharmaceutical products
Most synthetic chemical products used in consumer goods end up unchanged in the environment. Given the risks this could pose for the environment and human health, researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) have developed a new tool to effectively predict what will happen to current and future pharmaceutical products. View More (2011-07-29)
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A cohesive team environment, assessing one's own performance rather than comparing with others, and involvement in enjoyably challenging practices are the main conditions needed for children to have a positive developmental experience playing team sports. View More (2011-07-21)
Estimating landfill gas potential
Research suggests that landfill gas-recovery projects should be implemented quickly if the maximum amount of methane gas is to be retrieved from organic waste in as short as time as possible, according to a study published in the latest issue of the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management. View More (2011-05-27)
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