Switching Genes On And Off To Cure Disease
Researchers from the University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center are exploring a new approach to the treatment of…
New Findings On Ribosome Function A Surprise
Johns Hopkins researchers, writing in Cell, report that four critical components of cells’ protein-building machine don’t do what scientists had…
More Evidence For Nano-Bacteria Say Researchers
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic found they could isolate and culture nanoparticles from filtered homogenates of diseased calcified human cardiovascular…
Thousands In UK May Be Infected With Mad Cow Disease
A group of scientists in the United Kingdom has found that 3 out of 12,674 stored appendix and tonsil samples…
Global Warming Could Mean Less Sunshine
For forty years scientists have observed a 1.3% per decade decline in the amount of sun reaching the Earth’s surface.…
Magnetic Fields May Be “Visible” To Birds
Migratory birds, as well as many other animals, are able to sense the magnetic field of the earth, but how…
Genetically Engineered Viruses Set To Fight Cancers
Cancer Research is carrying a report on a genetically engineered virus that can selectively kill cancerous cells in the lung…
Scene Of Planetary Reboot Located
Evidence is mounting that 251 million years ago, long before dinosaurs dominated the Earth, a meteor the size of Mount…
Wings Get Help From Whales
Wind tunnel tests of scale model humpback whale flippers have shown that the scalloped, bumpy flipper is a more efficient…
Asthma Could Be Several Distinct Diseases
People who develop asthma as children may suffer from a different disease than those who develop it as adults. A…
DVD And CD Longevity Examined
Remember the introduction of the Compact Disc? We were told they would never wear out and couldn’t be damaged in…
Quantum Cryptography Gets Up To Speed
The fastest known cryptographic system based on the transmission of single photons has been demonstrated by a team at the…