Month: October 2011

Scientists have developed artificial structures that can self-replicate, a process that has the potential to…

An international team has sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death, one of the…

An international team of researchers has discovered the vast majority of the so-called “dark matter”…

An international team of researchers from Korea, China and the U.S. has, for the first…

Sequencing the genome of the long-lived naked mole rat opens a “treasure trove” of information…

An international research team has mapped and compared the genomes of 29 mammals. The findings…

A breakthrough in the study of chlamydia genetics could open the way to new treatments…

Researchers are suggesting that transfusion may not always be the best treatment for hospitalized patients…

By reprogramming skin cells from patients with mental disorders, scientists are creating brain cells that…

The “super-eruption” of a major volcanic system occurs about every 100,000 years and is considered…