Researchers have identified a gene that disrupts the inflammatory process implicated in liver cancer.
Month: August 2012
Mars rover Curiosity begins driving at Bradbury landing
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has begun driving from its landing site, which scientists announced Aug….
Tracking infectious outbreaks by their genomes
A New York City patient carrying a multi-drug-resistant strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae, a microbe frequently…
Analysis of election factors points to Romney win in U.S. election
A new analysis of state-by-state factors leading to the Electoral College selection of every U.S….
Toward medicines that recruit the body’s natural disease-fighting proteins
Like recruiters pitching military service to a throng of people, scientists are developing drugs to…
Biorefinery makes use of every bit of a soybean
Scientists have unveiled new technology intended to move soybeans, second only to corn as the…
Sky-high methane mystery closer to being solved
Increased capture of natural gas from oil fields probably accounts for up to 70 percent…
Low-dose sedative alleviates autistic-like behavior in mice with Dravet syndrome mutation
A low dose of the sedative clonazepam alleviated autistic-like behavior in mice with a mutation…
New climate history adds to understanding of recent Antarctic Peninsula warming
A recent study adds a new dimension to our understanding of Antarctic Peninsula climate change…
Future memory: Ferroelectric materials could bring down cost of cloud computing and electronic devices
A new class of organic materials boasts an attractive but elusive property: Ferroelectricity. The crystalline…