Science and Medicine

Greatest Warming in the North, but the Biggest Impact on Life in the Tropics

New research finds that even though the temperature increase has been smaller in the...

Chemicals in Mother’s Blood Contribute to Child’s Obesity, Study Suggests

Babies whose mothers had relatively high levels of the chemical DDE in their blood...

Adult Stem Cells That Do Not Age

Biomedical researchers at the University at Buffalo have engineered adult stem cells that scientists...

Researchers Find Evidence of Teeth Loss in Ancestor of Whales

Genomic record matches fossil record in the whales’ common ancestor, say UC Riverside biologists...

New Device for Identifying Aggressive Breast Cancers

A new disposable device based on advances in microfluidics may help identify advanced breast...

Stonehenge Boy was from the Mediterranean

The boy was buried with around 90 amber beads. Chemical tests on teeth from...

Gulf Oil Spill’s Vastness Confirmed: Largest Marine Oil Accident Ever

The researchers used high-resolution video clips of flow from the Deepwater Horizon well to...

Investigators Find that Salmonella Creates Environment for Growth

Discovery one day may help scientists develop ways to control this common food poisoning...

Scientists Develop Method for Determining Diet of our Early Ancestors

“The bigger the tooth, the bigger area for chips to develop and, therefore, the...

Government Urges Universal Flu Vaccinations

The flu kills more than 35,000 people in the United States in an average...