Month: March 2012

A species of lizard is now extinct from the Hawaiian Islands, making it the latest…

Nine out of 10 drugs successfully tested in mice and other animal models ultimately fail…

Scientists working in the central Pacific have discovered that coral which has survived heat stress…

Complex organic compounds, including many important to life on Earth, were readily produced under conditions…

Stir lots of small particles into water, and the resulting thick mixture appears highly viscous….

A new animal model of nerve injury has brought to light a critical role of…

It seems that “Lucy” was not the only hominin on the block in northern Africa…

Scientists take an important step in developing a material using nano-sized magnets that could lead…

Two new studies into the “plumbing systems” that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer…

Have you ever been disappointed by a cantaloupe from the grocery store? Too ripe? Not…