New research shows that species have responded to climate change up to three times faster…
Month: August 2011
Mutant gene identified that causes abnormal chromosome count, leading to cancer
Cells with too few or too many chromosomes have long been known to be a…
Gaps in U.S. National Institutes of Health funding success rates for black researchers identified
Black applicants from 2000-2006 were 10 percentage points less likely than white applicants to be…
Three waves of evolutionary innovation shaped diversity of vertebrates, genome analysis reveals
Over the past 530 million years, the vertebrate lineage branched out from a primitive jawless…
Researchers chart long-shrouded glacial reaches of Antarctica: Huge rivers of ice are found flowing seaward from continent’s deep interior
A vast network of previously unmapped glaciers on the move from thousands of miles inland…
Robust preschool experience offers lasting effects on language and literacy
New research finds preschool teachers’ use of sophisticated vocabulary can predict fourth-grade reading comprehension and…
How sticky egg captures sperm: Discovery could help explain infertility causes and provide new contraceptive targets
Researchers have uncovered exactly how a human egg captures an incoming sperm to begin the…
New images reveal structures of the solar wind as it travels toward and impacts Earth
Using data collected by NASA’s STEREO spacecraft, researchers have developed the first detailed images of…
Researchers outline ways to advance scientific thinking in children
Science educators aim to nurture, enrich and sustain children’s natural and spontaneous interest in scientific…
IBM pursues chips that behave like brains (AP)
AP – Computers, like humans, can learn. But when Google tries to fill in your…