Month: October 2012

Transportation practices tend to be more environmentally friendly in wealthier metropolitan areas located within states…

Polymer scientists and biologists have discovered that a house spider — in order to more…

Stormy weather on the sun drives the glistening aurorae in our clear night skies.

Scientists have revealed a surprising interplay between the ends of human genes: If a protein-coding…

You can thank your parents for your smarts — or at least some of them….

Photosynthesis allows plants to convert light into chemical energy. Utilizing this process to produce electrical…

At a time when the value of gold has reached an all-time high, researchers have…

Recent experimental work supports the development of a potential cure for nearsightedness, or myopia, by…

Engineers have created a new imaging tool for primary care physicians: a handheld scanner that…

Efforts to treat disorders like Lou Gehrig’s disease, Paget’s disease, inclusion body myopathy and dementia…