Grants to spur search for more robust crops
Climate change is having the most negative impact in the poorest regions of the world, already causing a decrease in…
Experts demand FDA act on BPA report
In the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in the…
The cold shoulder can be downright chilly
Metaphors which make a connection between cold temperatures and emotions such as loneliness, despair and sadness may be more literal…
Invariance And Computer Vision
In work that could lead to much-improved computer vision systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) neuroscientists have tricked the visual…
Gamma ray burst was brightest ever
Astronomers from around the world have combined data from ground and space based telescopes to paint a detailed portrait of…
Climatologists get to grips with aerosols
The airborne spicks and specks known as aerosol particles are created by both natural and human processes and can consist…
Size matters! Nanosilver risks unknown, say watchdog group
Widespread use of nanoscale silver in consumer products will challenge regulatory agencies to balance important potential benefits against the possibility…
Scientists create species-jumping hybrid prions
In research with profound implications for public health, scientists have created entirely new strains of infectious prions in the laboratory…
New findings challenge long-held assumptions about flightless bird evolution
University of Florida zoologists say that large flightless birds such as the ostrich and emu do not share a common…
Herpes Virus Transferred To Infants Via Parental DNA
Parents expect to pass on their eye or hair color to their children through their genes but new research from…
“Master Switch” For Appetite And Reproduction Located
Body-weight and fertility have long been known to be related to each other and now a master switch has been…
Safety Of Ayurvedic Medicines Questioned
An analysis of traditional Indian medicines purchased via the Internet found that 20 percent of the products contained levels of…
Honey, We Shrunk The Cod
Analysis of ancient fish unearthed on an island in the Baltic Sea suggests overfishing by humans is causing fish populations…
Size Of Genitalia Dependent On Need To Fight
Indiana University researchers examining male horned beetles (Onthophagus Taurus) from four geographically separated populations say the groups have diverged significantly…
Growing A Home With “Plantware”
A bus-stop that grows its own foliage as shade? A house built from living tree roots that provides natural protection…
Melanoma Not Without Benefits
Though skin cancer is deadly to male swordtail fish, it also has one perk: black melanoma splotches help lure females,…
“Shocking” Pesticide Levels Found In Beehives
An analysis by Penn State researchers of beehive wax has shown unprecedented levels of fluvalinate and coumaphos – pesticides used…
Bio-Engineered Yeast Cranks Out Pharmaceuticals
Chemical engineers at the California Institute of Technology have used various plant genes to genetically modify common baker’s yeast to…
Slimy Future Predicted For World’s Oceans
Habitat destruction, overfishing, ocean warming, increased acidification and massive nutrient runoff are combining to turn Earth’s oceans into simplistic ecosystems…
Contraceptive Pill Threatening Genetic Diversity?
British researchers from the University of Liverpool (UL) have found that the contraceptive pill appears to disrupt women’s natural ability…
String Theory Faster-Than-Light Drive Proposed
Physicists Gerald Cleaver and Richard Obousy, of Baylor University, believe they have come up with a new method for a…
Sol System “Pretty Special,” Say Astronomers
Existing models that attempt to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average in every…
Testosterone Key In Disease Transmission
Working with mice, researchers from Penn State have established that high levels of testosterone in an individual can spur disease…
Quantum “Uncollapse” Muddies Definition Of Reality
Quantum theory says that quantum particles have wave-like properties and can exist in many places at once. Why the objects…
Prof Pooh-Poohs “Exercise Pill” Reports
An expert in exercise and the human metabolic system has criticized recent media stories about the invention of an “exercise…
The High Cost Of Intelligence
The metabolic changes responsible for the evolution of human cognitive abilities indicate that the brain may have been pushed to…
Drug Testing, Approvals Process Fatally Flawed, Says New Study
More drug catastrophes like the Vioxx disaster are inevitable, says Donald Light, a professor of comparative health policy at the…
Elephant Extinction Mooted
African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade…
Titan Moist, Say Cassini Boffins
Scientists using an instrument on NASA’s Cassini orbiter have confirmed that at least one other body in our solar system…