Month: January 2013

Astronomers report the exciting discovery of a new way to measure the mass of supermassive…

Deforested tropical peatlands are haemorrhaging carbon from deep within their peat soils, with consequences for…

Funding agencies may be paying out duplicate grants, according to a new analysis. The study…

Forget “slow and steady wins the race.” A new study shows that, at least sometimes,…

The risk of hospitalization or death from heart disease is 32 percent lower in vegetarians…

New research has shown that a protein, known as IL-13, could be the key to…

Scientists have found an early step in how the brain’s inhibitory cells get excited.

As surfaces rub against one another, they break down and lose their original shape. With…

Enzymes, workhorse molecules of life that underpin almost every biological process, may have a new…

A new study finds that Head Start can make a positive impact in the lives…