Month: April 2008

Who owns your medical tests results and your personal health data? Such a vexing question…

Chemists have determined that the element chromium displays electrical properties of magnets in surprising ways….

The first analysis of the genetic determinants of resistance to the anti-cancer drug methotrexate in…

Engineers have determined the importance of mixing in anaerobic digesters, reactors that use bacteria to…

Researchers have identified, characterized and cloned ovarian cancer stem cells and have shown that these…

The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population…

New data throws more doubt on the notion that cosmic rays are a major influence…

Nasa’s Galex satellite sees baby stars spawning in the otherwise barren outskirts of the M83…

Scientists take control of flies’ brains to make females behave just like males.