Scientists have demonstrated that polluted air — whether regional pollution or coming from local traffic…
Month: November 2012
Preventive screening for sudden cardiac death in young athletes debated
While ensuring the safety of high school and college athletes is hardly controversial, the method…
Life’s a pitch: Researchers study sights and sounds of sales pitching
Before ShamWow and the Pocket Fisherman, fast-talking, carnival-style barkers took to the streets to sell…
Metabolic protein launches sugar feast that nurtures brain tumors
PKM2 slips into nucleus to promote cancer; potential biomarker and drug approach discovered.
Chameleon-like changes in world’s most abundant phytoplankton
Biologists have identified both the enzyme and molecular mechanism critical for controlling a chameleon-like process…
New crab species discovered off the coast of Belize
Areopaguristes tudgei is a new species of hermit crab recently discovered on the barrier reef…
‘Pac-Man’ moons: Cassini finds a video gamers’ paradise at Saturn
You could call it “Pac-Man, the Sequel.” Scientists with NASA’s Cassini mission have spotted a…
Use of stem cells in personalized medicine
Researchers report concrete steps in the use of human stem cells to test how diseased…
Watermelon genome decoded: Scientists find clues to disease resistant watermelons
Scientists have sequenced the watermelon genome — information that could dramatically accelerate watermelon breeding toward…
Evolutionary mode routinely varies amongst morphological traits within fossil species lineages
This new study uses model selection methods available only in the last several years and…