Month: March 2012

In the human body genetic information is encoded in double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid building blocks, the…

Researchers have devised a computer algorithm that enabled them to swiftly sift through millions of…

Researchers have created the first-ever system of “designer electrons” — exotic variants of ordinary electrons…

Scientists report finding some of the genetic processes that regulate vertebrate brain development in the…

New research shows that at least one group of small mammals, the multituberculates, actually flourished…

With every meal, immune cells in the intestine stand like sentries at a citadel, turning…

Biologists had found a previously unknown connection between breast cancer tumor cells and the surrounding…

The tiny teeth of a long-extinct vertebrate — with tips only two micrometers across: one…

Researchers have discovered how salmonella, a bacterium found in contaminated raw foods that causes major…

Two teams of astronomers have used data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes…