(PhysOrg.com) -- Organisms are structured at the molecular level in ways similar to social hierarchies. In some, master genetic regulators call most of the shots, and in others most of life's activities are carried out by ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 29, 2010
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Despite the fact that bats are active after sunset, they rely on the sun as their most trusted source of navigation. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology found that the greater mouse-eared bat orients ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2010
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For years, Brown University neuroscientist James Simmons has filmed bats as they flew in packs or individually chased prey in thick foliage. All the while, he asked himself why the bats never collided with objects in their ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2010
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Using genetic sleight of hand, researcher Xinyao Liu and professor Roy Curtiss at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute have coaxed photosynthetic microbes to secrete oil—bypassing energy and cost barriers that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 29, 2010
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We are not all blessed with the brains, beauty, luck, and capital that we associate with highly successful business people or entrepreneurs. Although most new business ventures fail, a few prosper and grow rapidly. A new ...
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2010
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(AP) -- The world's largest atom smasher is ready to start a new era of science by colliding beams of protons to learn more about the makeup of the universe and its smallest particles.
General Physics
Mar 29, 2010
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(AP) -- Mercury, the solar system's most elusive planet, will be easier to see for the next two weeks.
Space Exploration
Mar 29, 2010
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It is generally assumed that military technology that is offensive rather than defensive in nature leads to shorter wars. Yet, a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that this assumption is ...
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2010
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In a time when only a handful of TV news stations employ a dedicated science reporter, TV weathercasters may seem like the logical people to fill that role, and in many cases they do.
Environment
Mar 29, 2010
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A Queen's University chemistry professor has invented a special solvent that may make cooking oil production more environmentally friendly.
Materials Science
Mar 29, 2010
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