(Phys.org) —Human activities are not the primary cause of arsenic found in groundwater in Bangladesh.
Environment
Mar 4, 2013
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A fragment of a child's skull discovered at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania shows the oldest known evidence of anemia caused by a nutritional deficiency, reports a new paper published Oct. 3 in the open access journal PLOS ONE.
Archaeology
Oct 3, 2012
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Cheating. Conflict. Competition. It may sound like a soap opera but this is the complex life of the despised ragweed plant.
Plants & Animals
Oct 1, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- A recent study identified bone deformities on the fossilized remains of Ichthyosarians, which were giant dolphin-like reptiles that first appeared about 245 million years ago.
Archaeology
Aug 16, 2012
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Cancer growth normally follows a lengthy period of development. Over the course of time, genetic mutations often accumulate in cells, leading first to pre-cancerous conditions and ultimately to tumour growth. Using a mathematical ...
Mathematics
Dec 19, 2011
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The source of arsenic in India's groundwater continues to elude scientists more than a decade after the toxin was discovered in the water supply of the Bengal delta in India. But a recent study with a Kansas State University ...
Environment
Nov 2, 2011
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Two remarkable discoveries were today revealed by researchers into genome analysis of Leishmania parasites. These results uncovered a surprising level of variation at the genome structure level.
Biotechnology
Oct 27, 2011
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In 1997, the actress and singer Julie Andrews lost her singing voice following surgery to remove noncancerous lesions from her vocal cords. She came to Steven Zeitels, a professor of laryngeal surgery at Harvard Medical School, ...
Materials Science
Jul 14, 2011
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A novel type of biomedical imaging, made possible by new advances in microscopy from scientists at Harvard University, is so fast and sensitive it can capture "video" of blood cells squeezing through capillaries.
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Like a scout that runs ahead to spot signs of damage or danger, a protein in yeast safeguards the yeast cells' genome during replication -- a process vulnerable to errors when DNA is copied -- according to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 30, 2010
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