Month: November 2012

The traditional crofting way of life is under threat in Scotland’s Western Isles because of…

Do birds change their tune in response to urban noise? It depends on the bird…

Flowers need water and light to grow. Even children learn that plants use sunlight to…

Scientists have engineered bacteria that are capable of sacrificing themselves for the good of the…

Microbiologists studying bacterial colonization in mice have discovered how the very rapid and efficient spread…

The City of Boston is riddled with more than 3,000 leaks from its aging natural-gas…

Engineers have designed a detector that uses microfluidic nanotechnology to mimic the biological mechanism behind…

Medical researchers have developed a nanoparticle that could improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy for neuroblastoma…

The discovery of the molecular pathway that drives the changes seen in the brains of…

Researchers have discovered one of the body’s most powerful secret weapons in healing: sweat glands.