Just like members of an orchestra are active at different times although playing the same piece of music, every cell in our body contains the same genetic sequence but expresses this differently to give rise to cells and ...
Biotechnology
Apr 8, 2010
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Surface ozone levels in the south west of the Iberian Peninsula usually exceed the protection threshold established by EU regulations for people and plants in spring and summer, according to data gathered between 2000 and ...
Environment
Apr 8, 2010
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Hubble has snapped a spectacular view of the largest "player" in the Leo Triplet, a galaxy with an unusual anatomy: it displays asymmetric spiral arms and an apparently displaced core. The peculiar anatomy is most likely ...
Astronomy
Apr 8, 2010
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When designing a drug against a disease, chemists often used detailed plans of the proteins affected and against which the drugs must act. However, about a third of the proteins of our bodies have not yet been "photographed" ...
Biochemistry
Apr 8, 2010
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When students enter college, they either have it or they don't. And which side of the digital divide they fall on may well shape their identities and what route they take into careers, suggests a new study.
Social Sciences
Apr 8, 2010
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Peter Kazanjy, a little-known San Francisco entrepreneur, has launched a controversial new Web site that overnight has turned him into a very public and not very popular figure.
Internet
Apr 8, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to detect water and regulate water intake is essential for all animals because if cells have too little or too much water the consequences for the animal can be disastrous. It is unclear whether ...
(AP) -- The author of a new book about Google will not promote it in China next month because he says the government is restricting the Chinese media's writings about the company since it moved its search engine off the ...
Business
Apr 8, 2010
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(AP) -- The International Space Station has a new walk-in closet.
Space Exploration
Apr 8, 2010
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(AP) -- Mind reading may no longer be the domain of psychics and fortune tellers - now some computers can do it, too.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 8, 2010
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