A marine and environmental science professor has solved the mystery of why reefs in Florida…
Month: August 2015
On Wikipedia, politically controversial science topics vulnerable to information sabotage
As society turns to Wikipedia for answers, students, educators, and citizens should understand its limitations…
Can your brain control how it loses control?
A new study may have unlocked understanding of a mysterious part of the brain —…
Study shows how climate change threatens health
A new study is focused on the public health implications of climate change on the…
Novel diagnostic tool for ethnically diverse non-small-cell lung cancer patients
Early-stage Non-small-cell Lung Cancer is asymptomatic and difficult to detect since no blood test for…
Unlikely element turns up in enzyme; commercial renewable fuels might ultimately result
Tungsten is exceptionally rare in biological systems. Thus, it came as a huge surprise to…
Revealed: Helicobacter pylori’s secret weapon
Is the game up for Helicobactor pylori? Researchers have identified the molecular mechanism that the…
Biotechnologist achieves larger, stronger fruits with plant hormone crystals
Wanting to produce large and juicy fruits without losing their texture and maintain all their…
Engineers ‘sandwich’ atomic layers to make new materials for energy storage
Using a method they invented for joining disparate elemental layers into a stable material with…
‘Fishing expedition’ nets nearly tenfold increase in number of sequenced virus genomes
Using a specially designed computational tool as a lure, scientists have netted the genomic sequences…