Month: August 2012

Bacteria in hyenas’ scent glands may be the key controllers of communication. New research shows…

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is on track to become the first probe to orbit and study…

Researchers examined the differences between two species of mice — one monogamous and one promiscuous…

The tangy taste a mustard plant develops to discourage insect predators can be the difference…

Scientists have used sophisticated technologies to identify and describe the protein interactions that distinguish each…

Black carbon, in the form of soot particles, has been ranked just behind carbon dioxide…

Up to four percent of the methane on Earth comes from the ocean’s oxygen-rich waters,…

Soil bacteria and bacteria that cause human diseases have recently swapped at least seven antibiotic-resistance…

Fungi found in plants may not be the answer to mitigating climate change by storing…

In the creeping plant’s tendrils, researchers discover a biological mechanism for coiling and stumble upon…