Month: July 2011

Jewelers abhor diamond impurities, but they are a bonanza for scientists. Safely encased in the…

Chemists have created a molecular polyhedron, a ground-breaking assembly that has the potential to impact…

A team of scientists studying the parent compound of a cuprate (copper-oxide) superconductor has discovered…

For decades, scientists have known that DNA consists of four basic units — adenine, guanine,…

Gardeners know that some trees require regular pruning: some of their branches have to be…

A scientist, analyzing ancient plankton DNA signatures in sediments of the Black Sea, has found…

Researchers in Alberta, Canada, have published a step-by-step plan to end the use of environmentally…

For 150 years scientists have been trying to explain convergent evolution. One of the best-known…

Experiments at the Department of Energy’s Fermilab are close to reaching the critical sensitivity that…

A new study suggests that documentation of hepatitis B vaccination for health care students may…