Month: March 2012

In producing hydrocarbons for the chemical industry, refiners must first crack oil at high temperatures…

A type of cell plentiful in the brain, long considered mainly the stuff that holds…

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 88 children in…

Scientists have synthesized a pair of small molecules that dramatically alter the core biological clock…

Why did the atmosphere contain so little carbon dioxide during the last Ice Age 20,000…

Mutations in a gene called XRCC2 cause increased breast cancer risk, according to a new…

Simultaneously attaining a reliable water supply for California and protecting and rehabilitating its Bay-Delta ecosystem…

Physicists have used ultra-fast laser pulses to identify the microscopic interactions that drive high-temperature superconductivity….

A widely used insecticide can threaten the health of bumblebee colonies and interfere with the…

When battling an epidemic of a deadly parasite, less resistance can sometimes be better than…