Month: May 2011

Researchers have discovered a method to quickly and exponentially grow regulatory T-cells — also known…

Certain lichens can break down the infectious proteins responsible for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a…

The beneficial compounds in green tea powders aren’t as stable as once thought, according to…

Astronomers, including a NASA-funded team member, have discovered a new class of Jupiter-sized planets floating…

The recent discovery of a tiny, 47 million-year-old fossil of a lizard called Cryptolacerta hassiaca…

A team of scientists has uncovered the basis for drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia,…

The inner core of the Earth is simultaneously melting and freezing due to circulation of…

A new comparison of proteins shared across species finds that complex organisms, including humans, have…

The most widely used methods for calculating species extinction rates are “fundamentally flawed” and overestimate…

How do genes control us? This fundamental question still remains elusive despite decades of research….