Month: August 2012

Zoos bring together different animal species that would never encounter each other in the wild….

Earthworms could be used to extract toxic heavy metals, including cadmium and lead, from solid…

A metabolic protein that nourishes cancer cells also activates tumor-promoting genes by loosening part of…

Researchers have used a small molecule compound to generate reversible birth control in male mice.

Immune cells called dendritic cells, which were previously thought to contribute to the onset and…

Curcumin, found in the popular spice turmeric, stopped the potentially deadly Rift Valley Fever virus…

Astronomers have caught two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early…

In the quest to understand how the world’s weather moves around the globe, scientists have…

Researchers have finally found a compound that may offer the first effective and hormone-free birth…

It isn’t uncommon for people to pass for ages much older or younger than their…