Life Sciences

Genetic Variant In Blacks Mimics Beta Blocker Heart Medication

drug fits all’ thinking. This variant is one of what may be many genetic variants that can be used like ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2008 - 12:54pm

Domesticated Sunflowers 4000 Years Earlier Than Previously Believed- And In Mexico

for sunflower were all unique, not related to Spanish. That tells us the use of sunflower is older ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2008 - 12:42am

"You Listed Me As What??" Missing Rat Is Back- After Being Extinct For 112 Years

at least 15 species ranging in size from 2.6 kg to 15 grams, all living only in the Philippines. ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2008 - 10:59pm

Epicardium Yields New Heart Stem Cells

questions are whether this newly-discovered progenitor is truly multipotent (able to turn into all other ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2008 - 11:40pm

Why Do We Duet? 'Aggressive Audio Warfare' (and Sonny And Cher)

“Well I don't know if all that's true 'Cause you got me, and baby I got you,” then ...

Article - Matthew Brown - Sep 5 2008 - 11:30am

Green Fluorescent Protein Is Cool, But Is It Nobel Prize-Level Cool?

can see when worms first begin to form neurons. Scientists now use all sorts of variations on this ...

Article - Michael White - Oct 11 2008 - 12:23pm

Did Science Build A Better Turkey?

varieties were revealed. Each of the nine turkeys had supporters, but when the tally was over all eight of ...

Article - Kimberly Crandell - Nov 14 2008 - 1:06pm

Museomics Miracle- Extinct 'Tazmanian Tiger' May Come Back To Life

times. The scientists sequenced all the DNA in the hair samples from the two Tasmanian Tigers, including ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2009 - 5:56pm

ISCO And The Power Of Parthenotes

We’re all trying to get to the same result. We think we have a better mousetrap, as it were. But we are ...

Article - Erin Richards - Feb 14 2009 - 10:49am

Sufficient Complexity And Combinatorial Chemistry In Stars, Planets And Life

all of the properties of life, and that this breakthrough will lead to a deeper understanding of how ...

Article - Dave Deamer - Mar 25 2009 - 8:18pm