The French Nobel laureate Jacques Monod famously said, “What’s true for E.coli is true for…
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Dramatic Wind Action Detailed On Mars
Mars has an ethereal, tenuous atmosphere with less than one-percent the surface pressure of Earth,…
Is Diabetes Linked To Environmental Pollution?
Scientists are advocating additional research into the little understood links between environmental pollution and type…
New Discoveries At The Ash Altar Of Zeus Offer Insights Into Origins Of Ancient Greece’s Most Powerful God
The Greek traveler, Pausanias, living in the second century, CE, would probably recognize the spectacular…
Hospital To Use Large-scale ‘Cocoon Strategy’ Against Whooping Cough
The nation’s first major “cocoon strategy” vaccination program to protect newborn infants from the life-threatening…
New Techniques Create Butanol, A Superior Biofuel
Environmental engineers are plying new techniques to produce a biofuel superior to ethanol. The fuel…
Why The Web Tells Us What We Already Know
The Internet is not the font of all knowledge, despite the plethora of information available…
Earth’s Soils Bear Unmistakable Footprints Of Humans
The dirt under our feet is being so changed by humans that it is now…
Cells Use Velcro-like Mechanism To Keep Viruses From Spreading
Like mobsters, cells keep their friends close and their enemies — at least some of…
Move Over US — China To Be New Driver Of World’s Economy And Innovation
A new study of worldwide technological competitiveness suggests China may soon rival the United States…