Month: April 2013

In many places around the world, people are living longer and are having fewer children….

Cancer is typically thought to develop after genes gradually mutate over time, finally overwhelming the…

Blocking certain enzymes in the cell may prevent cancer cell division and growth, according to…

Scientists have identified a single gene, ERCC4, that can be involved in three human diseases…

A study provides new evidence that longwave ultraviolet light induces a protein that could result…

How exactly microRNAs repress target gene expression is not well understood. Geneticists have now conducted…

The introduction next year of the Euro 6 exhaust-gas standard means that catalytic converters will…

Sunflower seed husks, a huge waste product of the vegetable oil and food industry, could…

New research findings show that “redshirting” in kindergarten – the practice of delaying for a…

Astronomers have shown for the first time that bursts of star formation have a major…