Akhtar-Naveed Syed
MSc Bichemistry (thesis in Neurochemistry) now a journalist and write a weekly science column
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Cheminformatics: NIH Funds A More Scientific Mosquito Repellent
Today, the best way to prevent malaria remains DDT. Though banned in the US by a politician over the objections of scientists, it is still recommended by the United Nations for use where malaria has…
Major Genetic Weakness For Hybrid Breeding Revealed
About a third of the world's corn production uses a legacy hybrid rather than modern science and a new study finds that grain yield in intermediate-maturity hybrids could be plagued by a…
Palorchestes Azael: Wombat Ancestor Weighed 2,000 Lbs.
When we think of marsupials (carrying young in a pouch) they are small and cute (opossum, wombat) to a little more menacing (kangaroos in boxing gloves) but nothing like Palorchestid marsupials,…
Archaeological Findings On Babylonian Conquest Of Jerusalem
An archaeological excavation on Mount Zion in Jerusalem has found clear evidence of the Babylonian conquest from 587/586 B.C.