Plants make the workplace -- and create complications
237218
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- They send a message of success. Attract clients. Even increase employee morale and productivity.
755216
CINCINNATI - First they tried nudging. Now companies are penalizing workers who have high health risks such as obesity and high blood pressure or cholesterol as insurance costs climb.
582067
An extract of a fern plant grown in Central America, taken by mouth, protects the skin from ultraviolet radiation damage that can lead to skin cancer, researchers report.
180652
One "bad apple" can spread negative behaviour like a virus to bring down officemates or destroy a good team, according to a new study examining conflict in the workplace.
612947
Your own patch of greenery may be your haven, but what you put in it could be harmful to the environment
652264
The ways workers sabotage their own careers, work with teams, get fat on the job and more.
659184
By Frank Munger  Cause and effect.  A couple of years ago, Oak Ridge National Laboratory invested a few million dollars in computer-controlled greenhouses for the lab's environmental research division. Now it's paying off with expanded work in plant genetics.
384786
Many plants can naturally clean chemically contaminated soil and groundwater. Researchers are now helping them do a quicker, better job of rehabbing polluted sites.
290464
Growers and scientists were beginning to grasp the difficulties officials face in trying to pinpoint the source of the bacteria.
687397
Reactive, bureaucratic, and authoritarian management harms employee morale and health, according to research by management-services firm.
163406
Your office desk harbors far more bacteria than your workplace restroom, and if you're a woman, chances are your workspace has more germs than your male co-workers, a new research report shows.
88513
NEW YORK  - Farm workers seem to have an elevated risk of developing a serious lung condition more typically seen in smokers, a study has shown.
501686
Custom-made microbes could produce drugs, eat pollution, generate fuel -- or create an unpredictable environmental nightmare. As the field advances, some watchdogs call for increased regulation.
326972
There's a possible trend afoot that may actually help workers.
116308
The spread of pollen or seeds from genetically engineered plants is evolving from an abstract scientific worry into a significant practical problem.
719887
Environmentally friendly flowers are a hard sell. After all, most people don't eat them.
254036
It has long been clear that chronic stress wreaks havoc on our health. Scientists have now found molecular signs of this harm. In a study of mothers of chronically ill children, the cells