Monash University in Melbourne

At long last, how plants make eggs

A long-standing mystery surrounding a fundamental process in plant biology has been solved by a team of scientists at the University of California, Davis.

The group's ground-breaking discovery that a plant hormone called auxin is responsible for egg production has several major implications.

Maternal smoking may alter the arousal process of infants, increasing their risk for SIDS

Westchester, Ill. -- A study in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP shows that maternal smoking is associated with an impaired infant arousal process that may increase the risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The authors suggest that maternal smoking has replaced stomach sleeping as the greatest modifiable risk factor for SIDS.