(PhysOrg.com) -- As warmer winter temperatures become more common, one way for some animals to adjust is to shift their ranges northward. But a new study of 59 North American bird species indicates that doing ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2012 4.8 / 5 (6) 4

Like humans, mice that live in their natural habitat encounter bacteria and other pathogens that exercise their immune system, yet the lab mice typically used in immunology studies are raised in isolation from most diseases. ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 08, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded studies of mammary gland development in laboratory rats fed blueberries or other foods of interest may aid breast cancer research.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Jun 07, 2011 not rated yet 0

Giving new meaning to the term "server farm," a team of Hewlett-Packard researchers has come up with a plan for combining cow chips and computer chips to build an environmentally friendly data center -- powered ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 19, 2010 3.8 / 5 (5) 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- The need for improved monitoring of neurotrauma patients has resulted in the development of a prototype of a novel, multitasking “lab on a tube” at the University of Cincinnati (UC).

Chemistry - Biochemistry

May 04, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0

South Korea on Wednesday conditionally lifted a ban on stem cell research using human eggs, three years after outlawing the practice because a scientist was found to have faked his work.

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 29, 2009 not rated yet 0

Just as no two humans are the same, a Purdue University scientist has shown treating mice more as individuals in laboratory testing cuts down on erroneous results and could significantly reduce the cost of ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Mar 30, 2009 4.5 / 5 (2) 0