In analysis that included more than 9 million US Department of Defense nonactive and active…
Month: July 2012
Pre-industrial emissions still causing temperatures to rise
When evaluating the historic contributions made by different countries to the greenhouse gasses found in…
Shrinking leaves point to climate change
Rcent climate change is causing leaves of some Australian plants to narrow in size.
Potential food crisis with global warming, UK scientists warn
UK consumers could face dramatically reduced food choices in the future unless much more is…
Natural plant protein converted into drug-delivery vehicles
Finding biocompatible carriers that can get drugs to their targets in the body involves significant…
Study sheds light on pregnancy complications and overturns common belief
Women who have a specific type of antibody that interferes with blood vessel function are…
Diving shrews: Heat before you leap
How does the world’s smallest mammalian diver survive icy waters to catch its prey? A…
New animal model may lead to treatments for common liver disease
Scientists have developed the laboratory opossum as a new animal model to study the most…
Adventures in microgravity: Students experiment in simulated space-flight conditions
Six students spent a week in June conducting airborne research in low gravity under the…
Following the genomic pathways to stop the spread of cancer
Researchers say the new way to treat cancers in the post-genomic era will involve drug…