Life Sciences

You Take Risks Because You Can't Stop Yourself

because of the failure of our control systems to stop us. "We all have these desires, but whether we ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2014 - 6:00am

Female Asian Longhorned Beetles Pheromone May Be Key To Pest Management

Melody Keena) All four trail pheromone components have been synthesized and behavior activities have been ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 13 2014 - 2:07pm

Nano-Vaccine Spray Requires No Refrigeration

most aren't getting them at all. The good news is that the vaccines Narasimhan's team is ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2014 - 10:06am

Does Germ Plasm Accelerate Evolution Faster Than Epigenesis?

development, all of which have germ plasm. So when germ plasm evolves it leads to evolutionary dead ends. In ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2014 - 10:03am

Environmental Catastrophe Looming: Invasive Coyotes Wiping Out Eastern Deer Populations

"Thus, reduced hunting can be used to offset mortality from natural predators. Enough fawns survive all ...

Article - News Staff - May 10 2014 - 2:00pm

Global Warming Causes More Interbreeding Between Natives And Invaders

spring and summer flows, warmer and drier summers, and increased water temperatures – all of which ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2014 - 1:01am

Climate Change Has Had Antarctic Winners Too

warming has not been equally advantageous for all three penguin species because of its impact on penguin ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2014 - 12:11pm

Kidneys Aren't Static: Renal Regeneration Explained

exciting to use these genetic tricks to discover that cellular growth was occurring all the time in the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 16 2014 - 3:08pm

OPHN1: Mutated X-linked Mental Retardation Protein Impairs Neuron Function

different mutations in the OPHN1 gene have been identified to date, all of which perturb nerve cells' ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2014 - 9:33pm

This Fungus Is A Weapon Of Mass Destruction Against Antibiotic Resistance

new way to approach this problem, and none too soon, given the growing risk that superbugs pose to all ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2014 - 5:33pm