For many types of cancer, the original tumor itself is usually not deadly. Instead, it’s…
Month: April 2011
If plants generate magnetic fields, they’re not saying
Physicists are using some of the world’s most sensitive magnetic field detectors to determine whether…
New technology developed to screen and analyze genetic mutations
Scientists have developed a novel technique to produce all potential individual mutations and using deep…
Instant evolution in whiteflies: Just add bacteria
In a case of rapid evolution, bacteria have been found to give whiteflies — crop-damaging…
NASA’s Kepler helps astronomers update census of sun-like stars
Astronomers are studying changes in the brightness of 500 stars like our sun. The data…
E. coli enzyme must move to function
Slight oscillations lasting just milliseconds have a huge impact on an enzyme’s function, according to…
Editing-molecule mutation causes fatal primordial dwarfism
Fetuses with defects in a molecular machine that edits information cells use to make proteins…
Ancient corals provide insight on the future of Caribbean reefs
Climate change is already widely recognized to be negatively affecting coral reef ecosystems around the…
New tool helps clean up your Facebook reputation
Keeping your nose clean may be hard, but maintaining a good Facebook reputation is harder….
New tool helps clean up your Facebook reputation
Keeping your nose clean may be hard, but maintaining a good Facebook reputation is harder….