Life Sciences

Nickel-Titanium Heart Implants Aren't Dangerous For People Allergic To Nickel

release of nickel according to pre-defined time intervals. "This wasn't trivial at all ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 28 2014 - 7:00am

Frank Zappa Gets A Zit-Causing Bacterium Named After Him

Zappae. No, he would probably laugh.  But to winemakers it's not all that funny, it's instead ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 19 2014 - 12:01am

Optimizing Genetic Diversity Of Wild Chickpea Species Boosts Nutrition And Sustainability

related research by the U.S. National Science Foundation, all combine to add approximately $8 million in ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2014 - 6:30am

Music Prodigies Beat Math Prodigies With Numbers And Art Prodigies Are Awful At Shapes

this week in the journal Intelligence shows that one size brain does not fit all prodigies – the brains ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Mar 5 2014 - 1:30pm

Tequila Plant May Be Good For Diabetics

raise blood glucose. Agavins are the only carbohydrates used to produce the drink. All ethanol in ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 17 2014 - 2:30am

New Zealand Moa Were Fine Until Humans Arrived

extinct shortly after Polynesians arrived  in the late 1200s. All nine species of New Zealand moa, the ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2014 - 9:41am

Limb Bone Marrow Evidence In Fin Of 370 Million Year Old Fish

are organized, without doing any damage to the bone at all." Published in Proceedings of the ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2014 - 10:44am

Eyes Are Windows Into The Evolution Of...Facial Expressions?

a large part in how perhaps all expressions differ, including surprise, anger and even happiness."  ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 20 2014 - 1:41pm

Improve Biodiversity And Cost By Increasing The Longevity Of Seeds Using Genetic Engineering

plants germinated again, whereas almost the all of the modified plants (90%) began the germination ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 28 2014 - 12:56pm

How And Why Zebras Earned Their Stripes

hypotheses, the scientists ruled out all but one: zebras evolved stripes to avoid blood-sucking flies. Biting ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2014 - 2:33pm