Studying the genetic variability of endangered species will be necessary for species conservation and monitoring but endangered species are difficult to observe and sample and typically have very…

An enzyme used in nature can make powerful chemicals as diverse as catnip and a cancer drug, vinblastine, which opens up the prospect of producing these chemicals cheaply and efficiently.  "…

A new class of materials has shown to be able to form dynamic, moving structures. Researchers have demonstrated tiny spheres that synchronize their movements as they self-assemble into a spinning…

What can Kung Fu Nuns teach CERN scientists about cosmic energy?   To start with, they would have to convince CERN scientists that 'cosmic energy' actually exists, and they recently got a chance…

 A new device called the Argus II has been implanted in over 50 patients, many of whom can now see color, movement and objects and researchers have even streamed braille patterns directly into a…

Cardio3 BioSciences (C3BS) announced it has received authorization from the Belgian Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP) to begin its Congestive Heart failure Cardiopoietic…

It used to be a stereotype that being fat meant you had a happy personality.  Then culture went out of its way to vilify fat people and make them miserable - when they weren't vilifying culture…

Elsevier has launched a new open access, online journal, Leukemia Research Reports. It will publish  a range of peer-reviewed short form papers, including brief communications, case reports,…

The All Wales Strategic Medical Group (AWSMG) has approved Zebinix(R) (eslicarbazepine acetate) for the treatment of partial seizures in highly refractory patients who remain uncontrolled with, or…

Women scientists in primatology are poorly represented at symposia organized by men, but receive equal representation when symposia organizers are women or mixed groups, according to an analysis…

While in deep sleep, our hippocampus sends messages to our cortex and changes its plasticity, possibly transferring recently acquired knowledge to long-term memory. How exactly is this done?…

Are you a morning or night person? It may help determine when you will shuck off your mortal coil. No one can determine with any accuracy specifically when we will die, but a new study has found that…

Are you a morning or night person? It may help determine when you will shuck off your mortal coil. No one can determine with any accuracy specifically when we will die, but a new study has found that…

The dwarf planet Makemake is about two thirds of the size of Pluto and farther from the Sun - but closer than Eris, the most massive so-called dwarf planet in the Solar System after the confusing…

 In ban-happy modern America, it's fashionable to find someone or something - anything - to blame for why you choose to ingest more calories than you burn on a persistent basis. But during the…

 In ban-happy modern America, it's fashionable to find someone or something - anything - to blame for why you choose to ingest more calories than you burn on a persistent basis. But during the…

If you don't believe in miracles, like that organic produce is nutritionally superior or that you can taste GMOs in food, the National Organic Coalition thinks you are on the take from slightly…

If you don't believe in miracles, like that organic produce is nutritionally superior or that you can taste GMOs in food, the National Organic Coalition thinks you are on the take from slightly…

We have a cultural problem brewing.  Business is evil, when you are selling something to voters, but class warfare may have worked too well and so a week after Hostess decided to give up and…

We have a cultural problem brewing.  Business is evil, when you are selling something to voters, but class warfare may have worked too well and so a week after Hostess decided to give up and…