Researchers have discovered that a human antiviral enzyme causes DNA mutations that lead to several…
Month: July 2013
Scientists solve a 14,000-year-old ocean mystery
At the end of the last Ice Age, as the world began to warm, a…
Artificial cells to study molecular crowding and gene expression created
Scientists have approximated molecular crowding in an artificial cellular system and found that tight quarters…
Undiagnosed pre-diabetes highly prevalent in early Alzheimer’s disease study
When a neurologist began enrolling people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease into a nationwide…
Boldly illuminating biology’s ‘dark matter’
Microbial dark matter comprises the invisible infrastructure of life that can have profound influences on…
Continuous satellite monitoring of ice sheets needed to better predict sea-level rise
The length of the satellite record for the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets is currently…
DNA flaws may contribute to cancer risk in people with type 2 diabetes
A type of genetic abnormality linked to cancer is more common in people with type…
Kill-switch controls immune-suppressing cells, scientists discover
Scientists have uncovered the mechanism that controls whether cells that are able to suppress immune…
Sexual reproduction only second choice for powdery mildew
Genetically, powdery mildew is perfectly adapted to its host plants. Evidently, sexual reproduction and new…
Is the ice in Greenland in growing decline? Accelerated loss of ice mass could be ‘ice shield weather’
The time period of satellite observations of the ice sheets of Greenland and the Antarctic…