Report: How caloric restriction prevents negative effects of aging in cells
If you want to reduce levels of inflammation throughout your body, delay the onset of age-related diseases, and live longer, eat less food. That's...
Research: What pneumococcus says to make you sick —
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified a molecule that plays a key role in bacterial communication and infection. Their findings add a new...
Research: Vast diversity of ocean microbes revealed —
Advanced molecular techniques have revealed the diversity of a little-understood group of ocean microbes called protists, according to a new publication in Scientific...
Research: Experimental device generates electricity from the coldness of the universe —
The obvious drawback of solar panels is that they require sunlight to generate electricity. Some have observed that for a device on Earth...
Research: Study explains universal pattern in fossil record —
Throughout life's history on earth, biological diversity has gone through ebbs and flows -- periods of rapid evolution and of dramatic extinctions. We...
Research: Study of nonhuman primates lays groundwork for new strategies in treating anxiety disorders...
Boosting a single molecule in the brain can change "dispositional anxiety," the tendency to perceive many situations as threatening, in nonhuman primates, researchers...
Study: Genes from bacteria helped plants conquer the land
A gelatinous blob on top of a wet stone has led to the discovery that bacteria likely helped plants conquer land.
A new study by...
Study: 50 years of fossil wonders
A casual weekend of cave exploring in 1969 was the start of something big when young enthusiasts Rod Wells and Grant Gartrell clambered through...
Research: Forgetfulness might depend on time of day —
Can't remember something? Try waiting until later in the day. Researchers identified a gene in mice that seems to influence memory recall at...
Research: Tiger geckos in Vietnam could be the next species sold into extinction —
While proper information about the conservation status of tiger gecko species is largely missing, these Asian lizards are already particularly vulnerable to extinction,...
Top News
Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
