Month: December 2008

Squid could become rarer in our oceans if current levels of ocean water acidification continue,…

Barack Obama names Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu as his energy secretary and tasks him…

A new study shows that when dieters eliminate carbohydrates from their meals, they performed more…

Archaeological researchers have discovered that the aurochs, the predecessor of our present-day cow, lived in…

Treating patients who have chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease with long-term pegylated interferon…

At MIT, planning for bad weather involves far more than remembering an umbrella. Researchers in…

A fundamental process in the transmission of genes from mother to child has been identified….

As ice melts away from Antarctica, parts of the continental bedrock are rising in response…