Latest science news

[Dec 29] Viruses, start your engines!
[Dec 29] New Year on hold: leap second makes time stand still
[Dec 29] Can dolphins survive winter in NJ rivers?
[Dec 29] Flowering plants speed post-surgery recovery
[Dec 29] Chemist receives NIH funding to unravel tricks of neuronal wiring
[Dec 29] Web-based case studies help students develop career skills
[Dec 29] Matrix fragments trigger fatal excitement
[Dec 29] Study shows competition, not climate change, led to Neanderthal extinction
[Dec 29] New use for human hair
[Dec 29] Hong Kong university criticised for dropping UFO course
[Dec 28] New study calls for global project finance reform
[Dec 27] Influential US political scientist Samuel Huntington dies
[Dec 27] How chromosomes meet in the dark -- Switch that turns on X chromosome matchmaking
[Dec 26] Single male rhino, 20, seeks mate to save species
[Dec 26] Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home
[Dec 24] Researchers find mechanism underlying alt. splicing of premessenger RNA into messenger RNA
[Dec 24] Structural study backs new model for the nuclear pore complex
[Dec 24] Recipe for capturing authentic embryonic stem cells may apply to any mammal, study suggests
[Dec 24] Biologists learn structure, mechanism of powerful 'molecular motor' in virus
[Dec 24] Researchers derive first embryonic stem cells from rats
[Dec 24] Influence of Location-Dependent Protuberance Damage on Cell Viability
[Dec 23] New technique is quantum leap forward in understanding proteins
[Dec 23] Increased daily travel in animals leads to more offspring
[Dec 23] Gene Expression and Splicing Vary Widely from One Tissue to the Next
[Dec 23] Berkeley chemists pioneer low-cost water testing devices
[Dec 23] From rare bugs to test tube drugs
[Dec 23] Access to energy no panacea in war on poverty
[Dec 23] Strong cheese? It's a 'cultured' experience
[Dec 23] In many fungi, reproductive spores are remarkably aerodynamic
[Dec 23] Cousin marriage laws outdated
[Dec 23] College students find comfort in their pets during hard times
[Dec 23] Researchers find chink in the armor of viral 'tummy bug'
[Dec 23] Honey bees on cocaine dance more, changing ideas about the insect brain
[Dec 23] Wolf spotted near China's Great Wall: report
[Dec 23] Rare rhino calves found in Indonesian jungle
[Dec 22] Do Deep-Sea Microbes Offer A Glimpse Of What Alien Life Could Be Like On A Jupiter Moon?
[Dec 22] Economist: 'Blending wall' stands in way of ethanol growth
[Dec 22] This Year, Resolve Not to Kill Yourself With Poor Decisions
[Dec 22] Biomedical researchers create artificial human bone marrow in a test tube
[Dec 22] Protea plants help unlock secrets of species 'hotspots'
[Dec 22] Small molecule triggers bacterial community
[Dec 22] Rockefeller microbiologist tests safety of spiked eggnog
[Dec 22] Low-Fare Carriers Still Not Enough Competition for Major Airlines across the Tasman
[Dec 22] Modified plants may yield more biofuel
[Dec 22] Shape changes in aroma-producing molecules determine the fragrances we detect
[Dec 22] Cancer-fighting antibodies
[Dec 22] Rise in births for couples on benefits
[Dec 22] Scientists reveal structure of new botulism nerve toxin subtype
[Dec 22] Males dominated 'out-of-Africa' migration 60,000 years ago
[Dec 22] Yeast mimics severity of mutations leading to fatal childhood illness