A groundbreaking yearlong study in Panama suggests that squirrel-like agoutis have taken on the seed-spreading…
Month: July 2012
Human cells, worms, frogs and plants share mechanism for asymmetrical patterning: tubulin proteins
As organisms develop, their internal organs arrange in a consistent asymmetrical pattern — heart and…
Cannabis ‘pharma factory’ discovered
Researchers have discovered the chemical pathway that cannabis sativa uses to create bioactive compounds, paving…
NASA’s car-sized rover nears daring landing on Mars
NASA’s most advanced planetary rover is on a precise course for an early August landing…
Low-cal diet’s effects seen in fly brain, mouthpart
Neurotransmission is increased in fruit fly disease models that eat less, a new study shows….
Gene therapy treatment extends lives of mice with fatal disease
Scientists have found that introducing a missing gene into the central nervous system could help…
Protein found in spider venom could treat muscular dystrophy
When a stockbroker from the Buffalo suburbs discovered that his grandson had Duchenne muscular dystrophy,…
SpaceX completes design review of Dragon
NASA partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed an important design review of the crewed…
Sun’s coronal mass ejection results in aurora show on Earth
Over the July 14-15, 2012 weekend and through the early morning of July 16, Earth…
Record-breaking laser shot: National Ignition Facility fires off 192 laser beams delivering more than 500 trillion watts
Fifteen years of work by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) team…