Analysis of 50 years’ bird droppings inside a large decommissioned chimney on a university campus,…
Month: April 2012
Not by DNA alone: How the epigenetics revolution is fostering new medicines
Scientific insights that expand on the teachings of Mendel, Watson and Crick, and underpinnings of…
Non-surgical test for brain cancer
In a breakthrough for the way brain cancer is diagnosed and monitored, researchers have demonstrated…
New research could mean cellphones that can see through walls
Researchers have designed an imager chip that could turn mobile phones into devices that can…
Jellyfish on the rise in world’s coastal ecosytems
Jellyfish are increasing in the majority of the world’s coastal ecosystems, according to the first…
Crime and punishment: Neurobiological roots of modern justice
Neuroscientists have proposed the first neurobiological model for third-party punishment. It outlines a collection of…
Unique adaptations to a symbiotic lifestyle reveal novel targets for aphid insecticides
Biologists have potential new targets for aphid-specific insecticides. Aphids’ diet of plants’ sugary sap is…
Where do the highest-energy cosmic rays come from? Probably not from gamma-ray bursts
Some rare cosmic rays pack an astonishing wallop, with energies prodigiously greater than particles in…
Scientists regenerate damaged mouse hearts by transforming scar tissue into beating heart muscle
Scientists have announced a medical breakthrough that one day may help doctors restore hearts damaged…
How selective hearing works in the brain: ‘Cocktail party effect’ explained
The longstanding mystery of how selective hearing works — how people can tune in to…