LATEST HEADLINES
USB stick can sequence DNA in seconds
18:29 17 February 2012
A new product announced today could help doctors pinpoint pathogens, or identify the origins of fossilised bones in the field
Parasite-plagued flies self-medicate on booze
17:29 17 February 2012
The problems of fruit flies infested by parasitic wasps disappear when they have booze-soaked meals
Astrophile: 'Missing link' black hole is stress eater
17:06 17 February 2012
Few middleweight black holes have been found, and a new study suggests why – they may only shine when they binge after a traumatic event
'Immortal' Tasmanian devil brings vaccine hope
15:12 17 February 2012
Genome scans show that fatal facial cancers evolved from a single Tasmanian devil alive around 16 years ago, and reveal possible vaccine targets
If morality is broken, we can fix it
EDITORIAL: 13:33 17 February 2012
Some moral rules bring little benefit and can even be harmful. But they are not set in stone, so nothing stops us putting better ones in their place
DNA origami nanorobot takes drug direct to cancer cell
19:00 16 February 2012
A tiny clam-like robot made out of DNA releases its drug payload only when it meets and identifies a cancer cell
Leaked files expose Heartland Institute's secrets
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: 17:56 16 February 2012
The tables have been well and truly turned in "deniergate", the leak of documents from a key climate-sceptic think tank in the US, says Bob Ward
Japan's megaquake disturbed creatures beneath the sea
17:54 16 February 2012
The 2011 earthquake triggered the release of a methane plume from the ocean crust to the east of Japan – carrying microbes that live in the crust with it
Why we have moral rules but don't follow them
THIS WEEK: 17:33 16 February 2012
A twist on the classic "trolley" psychology experiment suggests that our minds have two parallel moral systems, and they don't always agree
Keep dead people's hearts beating to up organ donation
16:05 16 February 2012
The British Medical Association has suggested some solutions to the UK's shortage of organ donors
Power plants: Grow your own electricity
FEATURE: 14:42 16 February 2012
Imagine charging your cellphone from a meadow or harvesting electricity from rice paddies. The technology works, but can we make plant power a staple crop?
Sterile neutrinos leave ghostly fingerprints on cosmos
THIS WEEK: 13:21 16 February 2012
Hypothetical particles that have been playing hide-and-seek with physicists for decades may finally be stepping into view
Why ancient star clusters are all the same size
19:00 15 February 2012
Globular star clusters are oddly similar – new simulations suggest galaxy mergers destroyed the smaller ones
You are viewing a mobilized version of this site...
View original page here
