Month: December 2012

Scientists have identified how HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, enters the cells of the…

Scientists have identified a set of proteins circulating in blood whose levels accurately flag the…

Male birds use their song to dupe females they have just met by pretending they…

An insect-trapping pitcher plant in Venezuela uses its downward pointing hairs to create a ‘water…

In 2010, almost 50 million couples worldwide were unable to have a child after five…

Brine water that flows back from gas wells in the Marcellus Shale region after hydraulic…

Researchers report that tumor cells use stress signals to subvert responding immune cells, exploiting them…

Celiac disease affects about 1% of the population but occasional ‘epidemics’ have been noticed along…

The antibiotic amoxicillin, that doctors typically prescribe for common lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) such…

Three times as many children survived in-hospital cardiac arrest in 2009 vs. 2000, according to…