Month: April 2014

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the golden eagle, providing a bird’s-eye view of eagle…

Mining the genome of the disease-transmitting tsetse fly, researchers have revealed the genetic adaptions that…

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have applied a new image processing technique to obtain…

New research has found that increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause soil…

Nearly a decade ago, the era of optogenetics was ushered in with the development of…

Although our chromosomes are relatively stable within our lifetimes, the genetic material found in our…

New research shows why breast cancer often spreads or metastasizes to the lung. The breast…

Cells are more resilient in taking care of their DNA than scientists originally thought, new…

The first lab-grown epidermis — the outermost skin layer — with a functional permeability barrier…

Cell analysis finds drug interactions to be startlingly common: baker’s yeast is giving scientists a…