Month: May 2012

Three U.S. hospitals have begun implanting a device that stimulates the respiratory muscle in the…

After a marathon debate over a pair of studies that show how the avian H5N1…

His DNA has been decoded; samples from his stomach and intestines have allowed us to…

Loss of biodiversity appears to impact ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other…

Coelacanths, an ancient group of fishes once thought to be long extinct, made headlines in…

Experiments may dramatically underestimate how plants will respond to climate change in the future. That’s…

Intense development of the two largest natural gas fields in the continental U.S. are driving…

A new study confirms that though born with equal abilities to tell other-race people apart,…

Liquid crystals, the state of matter that makes possible the flat screen technology now commonly…

A highly toxic beta-amyloid – a protein that exists in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease…