A new University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates North American barn swallows outperform their peers in reproduction -- the "currency" of evolutionary change -- by maintaining a positive balance of antioxidants commonly sold in health food stores.
Feb 24, 2010
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- As part of LaserFest, the year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first working laser, the Optical Society (OSA) and the…
Feb 24, 2010
Bacteria in ocean sediments appear to string together nanowires to connect complementary but spatially separated chemical processes, according to a new study.
Feb 24, 2010
Older women who are divorced, separated or widowed or who have never married have twice the uninsured rate of their married peers, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Feb 24, 2010
Reality, Vision and Mind: Function and Structure -Different Entities Or One Phenomenon/Entity?
Feb 24, 2010
TORONTO, On -- February 24, 2010 -- As the world watches the Vancouver Olympics, researchers at St.
Feb 24, 2010
For the first time, a woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using transplants of ovarian tissue that had been removed and frozen during her cancer treatment and then restored once she was cured.
Feb 24, 2010
In a paper appearing in the Feb. 24 issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, Virginia Tech Engineering Science and Mechanics Professor Hassan…
Feb 23, 2010
To help assess the potential threat of more large earthquakes in Haiti and nearby areas, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin's Institute for…
Feb 23, 2010
The adverse affects of being overweight are not limited to physical function but also extend to neurological function, according to research in the latest…
Feb 23, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found that PKC-iota (PKC?), an oncogene important in colon and lung cancers, is over-produced in pancreatic cancer and is linked to poor patient survival.
Feb 23, 2010
Dear EarthTalk : Are there any conservation efforts focused on animal species endemic to islands likely to be submerged by rising sea levels? --H. Wyeth, Anahola, Hawaii
Feb 23, 2010
DALLAS -- Feb. 25, 2010 -- Profoundly deaf children with cochlear implants to help them to hear rate their quality of life equal to their normal-hearing peers, according to new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center auditory specialists.
Feb 23, 2010
A special issue of Insect Molecular Biology reports the detailed analyses of specific aspects of the genome of the important plant pest, the Pea Aphid.
Feb 23, 2010
