Month: July 2014

DNA — the carrier of genetic information — is constantly threatened by damage originating from…

Many traits unique to humans were long thought to have originated in the genus Homo…

Mysteries about controversial signals from a star considered a prime target in the search for…

Researchers have observed the fractional quantum Hall effect in bilayer graphene and shown that this…

The dramatic increase in earthquakes in central Oklahoma since 2009 is likely attributable to subsurface…

People are focused on the external world and don’t enjoy spending much time alone thinking,…

A newly discovered planet is expanding astronomers’ notions of where Earth-like—and even potentially habitable—planets can…

Researchers have developed a microfluidic technique for fabricating a new class of metal-organic framework (MOF)…

A hotpot with chicken is one of the primary risk factors for a campylobacter infection…

Millions of microbial species populate the world, but so far only a few have been…