Month: February 2012

Is fructose being unfairly blamed for the obesity epidemic? Or do we just eat and…

Scientists have shed light on how vertebrates evolved closed circulation systems designed to more effectively…

Airborne gases get sucked into stubborn smog particles from which they cannot escape, according to…

A new study has shown that weaver ants share a collective memory for the odor…

Some of Ireland’s oldest inhabitants are facing serious threat and possible extinction because of foreign…

A gene known to control lens development in mice and humans is also crucial for…

Stress has numerous detrimental effects on the human body. Many of these effects are acutely…

A new implantable sensor can wirelessly transmit data from the site of a recent orthopedic…

Survival and reproduction of many aquatic and semi-aquatic animals can depend upon how well they…

A strain of the potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacterium known as MRSA has jumped from livestock…