Britain’s wildlife is on “the brink of a crisis” as harsh winter conditions continue to…
Month: January 2010
New wind farm zones are announced
Successful bids for nine new offshore wind farm zone licences within UK waters have been…
Grey squirrels ‘don’t harm birds’
Grey squirrels have little impact on woodland bird species in England, a study by the…
Before or after birth, gene linked to mental health has different effects
Scientists have long eyed mutations in a gene known as DISC1 as a possible contributor…
Urologists use robot to shave time off vasectomy reversal, raise sperm counts
In a comparison of robot-assisted vasectomy reversal and the microscope procedure that is widely used,…
Research on rarely studied cell-receptor regions opens door to eliminating drugs’ side effects
Researchers have taken an early step toward identifying a new approach to drug discovery that…
Biologists develop efficient genetic modification of human embryonic stem cells
Biologists have developed an efficient way to genetically modify human embryonic stem cells. Their approach,…
Discovery opens door to new treatments for prostate, brain and skin cancers
Researchers have discovered a previously unsuspected link between two different genetic pathways which suppress the…
Fossil footprints give land vertebrates a much longer history
The discovery of fossil footprints from early backboned land animals in Poland leads to the…