Humans seek. It's what we do. We seek enlightenment. We seek self-improvement, physical perfection, a shorter commute. The list is endless—and humans are not alone.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 11, 2013 not rated yet 0

Cats hold their own counsel. Independent, solitary, even mysterious, they've long fascinated their owners with their aloofness. But the very qualities that appeal to their human companions can also make it difficult to tell ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

A research paper published online this month in Academic Medicine highlights the successful development, implementation, and effects of an infectious disease curriculum that has now been piloted in five Boston Public School ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Mar 26, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a report in the journal Nature Communications that sought to estimate the number of wildlife killed by c ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

For the first time, scientists have shown that transplanted eyes located far outside the head in a vertebrate animal model can confer vision without a direct neural connection to the brain.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 27, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 19 |

A study published today in the journal Nature reports that a viral predator of the cholera bacteria has stolen the functional immune system of bacteria and is using it against its bacterial host. The study provides the fi ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 27, 2013 4.8 / 5 (11) 5 |

(Phys.org)—Nuclear power often inspires fear and loathing, no more so than among environmentalists, who have long decried the potential dangers and the still-unsolved problem of what to do with nuclear ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Feb 14, 2013 3.9 / 5 (26) 67

A popular dog treat could be adding more calories than pet owners realize, and possibly be contaminated by bacteria, according to a study published this month by researchers at the Cummings School of Veterinary ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 28, 2013 not rated yet 3

With millions of adolescent users, social network sites (SNSs) are a rich data source for academic research studies. But ethical guidelines governing how researchers should obtain and use this data is seriously lacking, says ...

Technology - Internet

Jan 10, 2013 not rated yet 1 |

Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have developed a novel method for fabricating collagen structures that maintains the collagen's natural strength and fiber structure, making it useful for ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Dec 27, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

The horrific mass murder at an elementary school in Connecticut has again raised an outcry about the proliferation of guns in the United States. While not specifically addressing gun control, President Obama told a community ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Dec 19, 2012 2.6 / 5 (15) 71

(Phys.org)—For some Americans, it is our energy dreams come true. To others, it is an environmental nightmare. Ever since a new drilling technology, called hydraulic fracturing or fracking, made it possible ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 12, 2012 4.3 / 5 (7) 17

Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have demonstrated silk-based implantable optics that offer significant improvement in tissue imaging while simultaneously enabling photo thermal therapy, ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Nov 28, 2012 4.3 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Gold, silk and graphite may not be the first materials that come to mind when you think of cutting-edge technology. Put them together, though, and you've got the basic components of a new ultra-thin, ...

Technology - Engineering

Nov 02, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org)—Price increases for corn—a direct result of the U.S. biofuels mandate—added $11.6 billion in costs for countries importing the food staple between 2006 and 2011. More than half the increase ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Oct 18, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 6