There are known effects of Promoters used in expression of foreign DNA incorporated into the stranger host of choice but unknown effects of promoters used are not known. A promoter is used for the…

Every galaxy we know about has a collection of black holes that can each be up to 10 times the sun’s mass. In addition to these black holes, there is one to rule them all; a supermassive black hole…

Electronic cigarettes fail to deliver nicotine to the consumer and be should be regulated and packaged in a manner consistent with the product's effect – even if that effect is a total failure to…

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego have discovered the origin of strains of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among men who have sex with men. The team says the results are…

Writing in the journal Radiocarbon, researchers report the development of a new calibration curve that could answer key questions about human evolution and climate change. The new calibration curve,…

It takes Saturn almost thirty years to orbit the Sun, with the opportunity to image both of its poles occurring only twice in that period. 2009 brought a unique chance for Hubble to image Saturn with…

A series of experiments on honey bees foraging for food has revealed that the bees warn their nest mates about dangers they encounter while feeding with a special signal that is akin to a 'stop sign'…

A new study in Clinical Pediatrics claims that the obesity 'tipping point', the point at which children begin their progression towards obesity in adulthood, begins at the age of two and sometimes as…

A team of scientists from Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey are attempting to unravel the secret lives of cancer cells that go dormant and self-cannibalize to survive…

When administered in lethal levels, antibiotics trigger a fatal chain reaction within  bacteria that shreds the cell's DNA. But, when the level of antibiotic is less than lethal the same…

An analysis of available research on the topic (three studies) suggests that eating choclate may reduce your risk of stroke. Chocolate is rich in antioxidants called flavonoids, which may have a…

Data collected on speleothem encrustations, a type of mineral deposit, in coastal caves on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca indicate that sea level was about one meter above present-day levels…

Arizona State University researchers have developed the first versatile DNA reader that can discriminate between DNA's four core chemical components, the key to unlocking the vital code behind human…

Depicting a cause-and-effect scenario that spans thousands of miles, scientists report in Geophysical Research Letters that ocean waves originating along the Pacific coasts of North and South America…

Do Disturbed Snails Have Panic Attacks? Whilst researching some applications of the laws of thermodynamics to the biochemical processes in living things, I came across some very intriguing facts…

During the middle Eocene, 45-50 m.y.a., a number of freshwater lakes appeared in an arc extending from Smithers, through the modern Cariboo, to Kamloops, the Nicola Valley, Princeton, and Republic,…

Climate Shift Causes Problems In China And Tibet Record temperatures and severe drought in China The worst drought in 60 years that has left millions of people in Yunnan province lacking drinking…

If the folks behind the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) were crafty, they would have latched on to the upcoming movie, "The Crazies," for some free publicity.1 Although…

Yesterday a press release about a new interstellar medium map that has been published (PDF) in Astronomy and Astrophysics caught my eye. A French-American team of astronomers, combining…

This afternoon I am leaving to Belgium. I have been invited by the Université Catholique de Louvain to give a seminar on the status and the future of the Higgs boson searches at the Tevatron collider…