Associated Press: Penn State University says it will proceed with an investigation into a leading…
Month: February 2010
Climate change researchers must be more open, says chief scientist
Guardian: The government’s chief scientist has called on climate researchers to be more open when…
Rainforest expert agrees with IPCC: warns of ‘tipping point’ for Amazon
Mongabay: Amid questions over the Amazon forests’ capacity to survive climate change, a renowned tropical…
Obama unveils new biofuels, carbon capture, initiatives
Agence France-Presse: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a new strategy to reinvigorate US…
New brain research: Hunger for stimulation driven by dopamine in the brain
Our need for stimulation and dopamine’s action upon the brain are connected, which explains why…
Applied electric field can significantly improve hydrogen storage properties
An international team of researchers has identified a new theoretical approach that may one day…
Genetically-modified mice reveal another mechanism contributing to heart failure
Scientists at the Robarts Research Institute at the University of Western Ontario, working in collaboration…
Tobacco plant-made therapeutic thwarts West Nile virus
A new therapeutic made from tobacco plants has been shown to arrest West Nile virus…
Mechanical forces could affect gene expression
Researchers have shown that tension on DNA molecules can affect gene expression — the process…
New research rejects 80-year theory of ‘primordial soup’ as the origin of life
For 80 years it has been accepted that early life began in a “primordial soup”…