Flying high over Antarctica, a NASA long duration balloon has broken the record for longest…
Month: January 2013
Fetal exposure to tributyltin linked to obesity
Exposing pregnant mice to low doses of the chemical tributyltin — which was used in…
Using Twitter to track the flu: Researchers find a better way to screen the tweets
Computer scientists have developed a new tweet-screening method that not only delivers real-time data on…
Liquid metal makes silicon crystals at record low temperatures
A new way of making crystalline silicon could make this crucial ingredient of computers and…
Stem cell therapy to repair damaged knee cartilage
Medical researchers are conducting the first clinical study in the U.S. of an innovative stem…
Chameleon pulsar dramatically changes the way it shines
A pulsar that is able, without warning, to dramatically change the way in which it…
Genetic landscape of common brain tumors holds key to personalized treatment
Nearly the entire genetic landscape of the most common form of brain tumor can be…
Extinction rates not as bad as feared … for now: Scientists challenge common belief
Concerns that many animals are becoming extinct, before scientists even have time to identify them,…
Scientists discover how epigenetic information could be inherited: Mechanism of epigenetic reprogramming revealed
New research reveals a potential way for how parents’ experiences could be passed to their…
New mutations discovered driving malignant melanoma
Two new mutations that collectively occur in 71 percent of malignant melanoma tumors have been…