The bacteria that cause urinary tract infections may take advantage of a cellular waste disposal…
Month: June 2012
Brothers in arms: Commensal bacteria help fight viruses
Healthy humans harbor an enormous and diverse group of bacteria and other bugs that live…
NOAA predicts a near-normal 2012 Atlantic hurricane season
Conditions in the atmosphere and the ocean favor a near-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic…
May 2012 global temperatures second warmest on record
The globally-averaged temperature for May 2012 marked the second warmest May since record keeping began…
Dating evidence: Relics could be of John the Baptist
New dating evidence supports claims that bones found under a church floor in Bulgaria may…
‘Facebook for animals’ tested on wild great tits
A new way of analyzing the social networks that link individual animals to each other…
Natural exposure to gamma rays in background radiation linked to childhood leukemia
New findings demonstrate that there are small effects of radiation even at very low doses.
Million-year-old groundwater in Maryland water supply
A portion of the groundwater in the upper Patapsco aquifer underlying Maryland is over a…
Peaches, plums, nectarines give obesity, diabetes slim chance
Peaches, plums and nectarines have bioactive compounds that can potentially fight-off obesity-related diabetes and cardiovascular…
Key part of plants’ rapid response system revealed
Scientists have revealed the workings of a switch that activates plant hormones, tags them for…