http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- Some 2,000 employees in Finland's technology sector will begin a strike in two weeks time if no agreement is reached in labor talks with company managers, union leaders said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news177592286.html Technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:30:08 EST news177592286 Teachers' unions have little impact on a school district's allocation of money, including teacher pay and spending per student, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Labor Economics. http://www.physorg.com/news175268826.html Other Sciences Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:48:37 EST news175268826 The existence of harsh labor conditions in factories around the world is a pressing moral issue. But to improve those conditions, we should regard it as a logistical issue, too. http://www.physorg.com/news174720241.html Other Sciences Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:00:01 EST news174720241 (PhysOrg.com) -- White, Asian and Hispanic managers tend to hire more whites and fewer blacks than black managers do, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Labor Economics. http://www.physorg.com/news174312930.html Other Sciences Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:40:03 EST news174312930 The unemployment rate for U.S. electrical and electronics engineers (EEs), which had jumped to a record high in the second quarter, has eased, according to third quarter data just released by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the engineering profession as a whole, the rate continued to climb, but more slowly. http://www.physorg.com/news174154061.html Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:30:02 EST news174154061 Contrary to a belief widely held by obstetricians, inducing labor need not increase a woman's risk for cesarean section delivery in childbirth, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stanford University School of Medicine have found. http://www.physorg.com/news169749818.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:44:18 EST news169749818 Arthritis can have significant physical and psychological repercussions that impact quality of life and for those of working age, it can affect their ability to remain employed. Compared to individuals with other types of chronic diseases or disabilities, arthritis appears to have a more profound effect on a person's ability to work. Previous studies have found that about half of those with severe forms of arthritis were not working, leading to a loss of skilled workers and increasing the personal and socioeconomic burden of the disease. Few studies have looked at sex differences in the work experiences of people with arthritis, but a new study found that women may be more likely to leave employment, while men may be more likely to remain working and report negative experiences. The study was published in the May issue of Arthritis Care & Research. http://www.physorg.com/news160322501.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:02:00 EST news160322501 Do personal traits predict success in school? If so, which dimension of one's outward appearance can tell the most about academic achievement? The answers to these questions are found in a new study by researchers from the University of Miami Health Economics Research Group. The study is the first to demonstrate that non-cognitive traits play an important role in the assignment of grades in high school. http://www.physorg.com/news159646011.html Other Sciences Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:07:25 EST news159646011 Despite layoffs at tech stalwarts like Google, IBM, Microsoft and Electronic Arts, the impact of the recession on the tech industry is likely to be far less severe than on other areas of the economy, recent labor statistics suggest. http://www.physorg.com/news157807171.html Technology Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:20:10 EST news157807171 (AP) -- Japan's robot teacher calls roll, smiles and scolds, drawing laughter from students with her eerily lifelike face. But the developer says it's not about to replace human instructors. http://www.physorg.com/news155989459.html Electronics Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:24:48 EST news155989459 Before employers have a chance to judge job applicants on their merits, they may have already judged them on the sound of their names. According to a study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Labor Economics, immigrants to Sweden earn more money after they change their foreign-sounding names. http://www.physorg.com/news155939729.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:35:48 EST news155939729 When a pregnant woman goes into early labor, her obstetrician may give her drugs to quiet the woman's uterus and prevent premature birth. http://www.physorg.com/news146898232.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:03:52 EST news146898232 During pregnancy, the muscles of the uterus are relatively inactive. A switch to an activated state capable of strong contractions is therefore essential prior to the onset of labor. Kathleen Martin and colleagues, at Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, have now provided new insight into the events that prime the uterine muscles for contraction, something that they hope might have implications for the development of therapies for preterm labor (i.e., labor that occurs before 37 weeks of pregnancy), the most serious complication of pregnancy in developed countries. http://www.physorg.com/news146421413.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:36:53 EST news146421413 (PhysOrg.com) -- Temporary help agencies place nearly 3 million Americans in jobs each day -- but the temp industry's very success may embolden some managers to view all workers as impermanent, jobs scholar Vicki Smith argues in her latest book, "The Good Temp." http://www.physorg.com/news139237748.html Other Sciences Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:09:08 EST news139237748 Previously unrecognized and unidentified infections of amniotic fluid may be a significant cause of premature birth, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news138941559.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:52:39 EST news138941559 The apparent narrowing of the wage gap between working men and women in the last 30 years reflects changes in the type of women in the workforce, rather than in how much they're being paid, according to groundbreaking new research by Brown University economist Yona Rubinstein and Casey Mulligan of the University of Chicago. Rubinstein says the impression that the labor market treats women better today than three decades ago is a "statistical illusion." The findings are published in the August issue of The Quarterly Journal of Economics. http://www.physorg.com/news137770700.html Other Sciences Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:38:20 EST news137770700