Month: December 2012

The family of disorders known as ataxia can impair speech, balance and coordination, and have…

Scientists in Australia and Austria have described a “network map” of genes involved in pain…

A new study demonstrates for the first time how the Toxoplasma gondii parasite enters the…

A new study shows that a microbicide gel is highly effective in block infection by…

Exchanging fatty foods for lower fat alternatives will help people shift around three-and-a-half pounds —…

It is well known that plant growth patterns are influenced by a variety of stimuli,…

The largest living organisms on the planet, the big, old trees that harbor and sustain…

In a preliminary analysis of images from NASA’s Dawn mission, scientists have spotted intriguing gullies…

Our solar system, with its colorful collection of planets, asteroids and comets, is a fleck…

If nanoscience were television, we’d be in the 1950s. Although scientists can make and manipulate…