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Linking With The Future
Exploring and using space is the biggest adventure facing mankind. Finding innovative ways for ESA to continue doing this is the role of the Advanced Concepts Team (ACT) at ESA's European Space Technology Research Centre (ESTEC). It is their job to look into the future and identify ideas which could enable missions that currently sound like... view more... (2004-07-08)

Dad's early connection with child 'writes script' for later school involvement
When a dad changes diapers and makes pediatrician's appointments, he's more likely to stay interested and involved when his child makes the transition to school, said a new University of Illinois study that explores the role of parent involvement on student achievement.   view more (2009-06-23)

Babies with an accent
In the first days of their lives, French infants already cry in a different way to German babies.   view more (2009-11-09)

Trauma experienced by a mother even before pregnancy will influence her offspring's behavior
A new study in rats at the University of Haifa reveals: Trauma experienced by a mother even before pregnancy will influence her offspring's behavior.   view more (2009-05-12)

New procedure safer for detecting fetal anemia
An innovative, non invasive ultrasound procedure to detect anemia in the fetus during high risk pregnancy is safer for patients.   view more (2006-07-13)

Parents of new babies should be considered for a whooping cough booster, say experts
A booster vaccination for parents of new babies and other household members may be the most effective way of preventing the fatal form of whooping cough in young infants, say a group of paediatric intensive care doctors on bmj.com today.   view more (2008-12-01)

Evolution of genomic imprinting
How we come to express the genes of one parent over the other is now better understood through studying the platypus and marsupial wallaby - and it doesn't seem to have originated in association with sex chromosomes.   view more (2007-09-07)

Different styles of mother-infant interaction affect different aspects of infant cognition
Although the quality of mother-child interaction and its effect on general IQ and later schooling is a widely researched topic, it has never been studied using the same infants over a period of time across several cognitive domains. However, this is the focus of new psychological research, which will be presented at the British Psychological... view more... (2005-03-21)

Parental influences differ in determining child's later academic success
Mothers and fathers play different roles and make different contributions to a child's upbringing, but a father's influence upon a child's academic success later in life is felt the most when he's involved from the very beginning, says a University of Illinois expert in early childhood education.   view more (2009-08-13)

Newly-discovered mechanism can explain the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Researchers from Uppsala University have discovered a mechanism that silences several genes in a chromosome domain. The findings, published in today's on-line issue of Molecular Cell, have implications in understanding the human disorder Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.   view more (2008-10-27)

Maternal love: How a mother's brain responds to her infant
The distinctive ability of mothers to identify the cries of their offspring is widely evident in nature, where it is critical to the survival of these offspring.   view more (2008-02-29)

Study provides documentation that tumor 'stem-like cells' exist in benign tumors
Cancer stem-like cells have been implicated in the genesis of a variety of malignant cancers. Research scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have isolated stem-like cells in benign (pituitary) tumors and used these "mother" cells to generate new tumors in laboratory mice.   view more (2009-07-23)

Mothers cradle babies to their left side for a better bonding experience
Mothers cradle babies on the left side because it helps them to better understand their child's emotional and physical needs, University of Sussex psychologists claim. Research by Victoria Bourne and Dr Brenda Todd indicates that left cradling is the best way for a mother to notice and respond to a baby's behaviour, such as tears, laughter or big... view more... (2004-02-05)

Brain size may depend upon how neural cells are cleaved
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have discovered a novel way in which the brain size of developing mammals may be regulated. They have identified a signaling pathway that controls the orientation in which dividing neural progenitor cells are cleaved during development.   view more (2005-07-15)

Mums Going For Gold
With mother-of-two Sonia O`Sullivan due to compete in the European Athletic Championships (which begin on Tuesday, August 6) Professor Ellis Cashmore from Staffordshire University says evidence reveals an ambiguous link with motherhood and improved sports performance. "Since 1948, when mother-of-two Fanny Blankers-Koen of Holland won four... view more... (2002-08-02)

Supernova radioisotopes show sun was born in star cluster, scientists say
The death of a massive nearby star billions of years ago offers evidence the sun was born in a star cluster, say astronomers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.   view more (2006-10-05)

Researchers discover pathway to cell size, division
Organisms precisely regulate cell size to ensure that daughter cells have sufficient cellular material to thrive or to create specific cell types: a tiny sperm versus a gargantuan egg for example.   view more (2007-07-31)

University of Hawaii at Manoa professor co-authors article about weight and relationships
Dr. Janet D. Latner, an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, has co-authored an article in the July 2009 edition of the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy on "Weight Stigma in Existing Relationships."   view more (2009-06-23)

Wanted: help through the jungle of hospital care (p 1947)
Embargoed 0001 h (London time) 12 December 2003. The compassionate side of patient care in hospital -or rather the lack of it - is discussed in this week's editorial. The Lancet is calling for a substantial increase in specialist liaison staff to bridge the gap between medical intervention and the often unmet emotional needs of patients and... view more... (2003-12-10)

Distressed by your baby's distress? How you respond matters
A mother's attentiveness to her baby's distress, especially in the first year, is more important to his secure attachment than lots of positive feedback when he's happy and content.   view more (2006-07-28)
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