Month: January 2014

Researchers studying the genetics of childhood cancers now have access to a large and growing…

Soil contains more carbon than air and plants combined. This means that even a minor…

In a new study, researchers reveal how an enzyme called RNA polymerase patrols the genome…

The genome of the elephant shark provides new insights into immunity and bone formation.

Massive terrestrial planets, called “super-Earths,” are known to be common in our Milky Way galaxy….

NASA’s Kepler space telescope discovered thousands of “planetary candidates,” but what are the planets made…

Competition may have a high cost for at least one species of tropical seaweed. Researchers…

Microscopic fungi that live in plants’ roots play a major role in the storage and…

An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome of the elephant shark, a curious-looking…

Even before babies have language skills or much information about social structures, they can infer…