Month: May 2012

Researchers have developed a method for building complex nanostructures out of interlocking DNA “building blocks”…

A new discovery may shed light on the mystery of why some people infected with…

For the first time, the genome of the tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, has been decoded, and…

More than 2 billion years ago, a much fainter sun should have left the Earth…

New research shows some of the steepest mountain slopes in the world got that way…

Unfortunately, stars don’t have birth certificates. So, astronomers have a tough time figuring out their…

Cardiovascular researchers have identified a genetic variant in a cardiac protein that can be linked…

Researchers have found that herpes and other viruses that attack the nervous system may thrive…

Researchers have made some fundamental discoveries about how people taste, smell and detect flavor, and…

Researchers have developed a novel approach for eradicating drug-resistant bacteria from wounds and skin infections,…