African ranchers often prefer to keep wild grazers like zebra off the grass that fattens…
Month: September 2011
Single-sex schooling does not improve academic performance and can lead to gender stereotyping, study finds
Social scientists have found that there is no well-designed research that demonstrates that single-sex schools…
Scientists sequence genome of man who was Aboriginal Australian
Researchers have for the first time sequenced the genome of a man who was an…
Evolutionary tree of life for mammals greatly improved
Biologists have released a large and robust DNA matrix that has representation for all mammalian…
Sex segregation in schools detrimental to equality
Students who attend sex-segregated schools are not necessarily better educated than students who attend coeducational…
Nitrate levels rising in northwestern Pacific Ocean
Changes in the ratio of nitrate to phosphorus in the oceans off the coasts of…
Nanoscale nonlinear light source optical device can be controlled electronically
By harnessing plasmonics to intensify light, engineers have created an ultra-compact nonlinear light source that…
Important step in sperm reprogramming identified
A new study gives stem cell researchers critical information as they try to reprogram adult…
Aboriginal Australians: The first explorers
In an exciting development, researchers have, for the first time, pieced together the human genome…
Kidney damage and high blood pressure: Faulty filtration allows detrimental enzymes to wreak havoc on fluid balance, research suggests
Scientists have now begun to understand kidney damage on a cellular level and how the…