Reuters: European Union leaders vowed to maintain ambitious targets to battle climate change despite the…
Month: October 2008
EU car nations close to agreeing slower CO2 curbs
Reuters: Italy is close to backing a French plan to phase in European Union curbs…
Army of loft insulators to cut gas bills and tackle climate change
Guardian: An army of loft insulators and draught-proofers is to be released on to the…
Landmark Study Links Sleep, Memory Problems In Elderly African-Americans
A landmark study shows that African-American seniors who have trouble falling asleep are at higher…
Early-stage Gene Transcription Creates Access To DNA
An international team of researchers, probing how a yeast cell senses its cellular environment and…
Insight On Common Heart Rhythm Disorder
Researchers have identified a gene variant that causes a potentially fatal human heart rhythm disorder…
Surface Tension Drives Segregation Within Cell Mixtures
What does a mixture of two different kinds of cells have in common with a…
Critical Genetic Link Found Between Human Taste Differences And Nicotine Dependence
Researchers report that two interacting genes related to bitter taste sensitivity, TAS2R16 and TAS2R38, play…
Did Termites Help Katrina Destroy New Orleans Floodwalls And Levees?
A new article suggests that Formosan subterranean termites played a large role in the destruction…
Cell phones could become ‘zombies’
Some of the most vicious Internet predators are hackers who infect thousands of PCs with…