Month: September 2011

Fossil discoveries from Tibet offer new insights into the origin of the cold-adapted Pleistocene megafauna….

In parts of the world still rich in biodiversity, separating natural habitats from high-yielding farmland…

Biologists have long known that organisms from bacteria to humans use the 24 hour cycle…

Exploiting a novel technique called phase discontinuity, researchers have induced light rays to behave in…

In things thick and thin: Physicists now explain how fluids — such as paint or…

Each taste, from sweet to salty, is sensed by a unique set of neurons in…

Located between 200 and 1,000 meters below the ocean surface is a “twilight zone” where…

Researchers have successfully incorporated a diagnostic biological “computer” network into human cells. This network recognizes…

Scientists have developed a novel X-ray technique for imaging atomic displacements in materials with unprecedented…

On Tuesday, Aug. 30, NASA’s next Earth-observing research satellite arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base…