An important predictor of the severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants may be…
Month: March 2013
Fermat’s Last Theorem and more can be proved more simply
Mathematicians have shown Fermat’s Last Theorem can be proved using only a small portion of…
Researchers describe first ‘functional HIV cure’ in an infant
A team of researchers describe the first case of a so-called “functional cure” in an…
Gene discovery reveals importance of eating your greens
Eating your greens may be even more important that previously thought, with the discovery that…
Grandmother’s cigarette habit could be the cause of grandchild’s asthma
Studies finding that grandmother’s smoking habit may cause her grandchild to have asthma suggest environmental…
Don’t be fooled: Flowers mislead traditional taxonomy
For hundreds of years, plant taxonomists have worked to understand how species are related. Until…
First evidence that obesity gene is risk factor for melanoma
The gene most strongly linked to obesity and over eating may also increase the risk…
LHC experiments to present latest results at Moriond conference
Experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are set to present their latest results at…
Was King Richard III a control freak?
Psychologists believe Richard III was not a psychopath — but he may have had control…
Accurate water vapor measurements for improved weather and climate models
A new laser hygrometer for research aircraft has proven suitable as a transfer standard.