The vast majority of cells that appear to be on a one-way track to death…
Month: July 2012
Tevatron scientists announce their final results on the Higgs particle
After more than 10 years of gathering and analyzing data produced by the U.S. Department…
Chronic inflammation in the brain leads the way to Alzheimer’s disease
A new article suggests that chronic inflammation can predispose the brain to develop Alzheimer’s disease.
Acid-wielding worms drill through bones at the bottom of the sea
Tiny “bone-devouring worms,” known to both eat and inhabit dead whale skeletons and other bones…
Mass extinctions reset the long-term pace of evolution
A new study indicates that mass extinctions affect the pace of evolution, not just in…
Native plant restoration not enough to maintain tropical dry forests in Hawaii
Protecting Hawaiian dry forests from invasive species and the risk of wildfire is an ongoing…
World’s number of IVF and ICSI babies has now reached a calculated total of 5 million
The number of babies born as a result of assisted reproduction technologies (ART) has reached…
New light shed on explosive solar activity
The first images of an upward surge of the sun’s gases into quiescent coronal loops…
Secrets of lung cancer drug resistance revealed
People with lung cancer who are treated with the drug Tarceva face a daunting uncertainty:…
An error-eliminating fix overcomes big problem in ‘3rd-gen’ genome sequencing
A team has developed a software package that fixes a serious problem inherent in “3rd-gen”…