Plant growth patterns are influenced by a variety of stimuli, including gravity. Terrestrial plant roots exhibit characteristic behaviors called 'waving' and 'skewing' and those are thought to be…

The world's smallest reaction chamber has a mixing volume that can be measured in femtoliters - that's a million billionths of a liter. The reaction chamber actually consists of nothing more than a…

What is ENCODE ? ENCODE, an acronym for Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, is a publicly funded research projectinitiated in 2003 by National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). Results of…

Are there really less pesticide residues on organic crops?  The answer might not be as simple as you think. A few weeks ago it was announced that for the first time in the history of USDA-…

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite was able to estimate rainfall rates  of Typhoon Bopha over the Philippines, where severe flooding killed several hundred people. Bopha…

A recent article pointed out a radical conclusion published in the British Medical Journal that reducing dietary fat intake could lead to weight loss and reduced BMI. Obviously such radical results…

The Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) on NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is now 10 times better at catching the brief outbursts of high-energy light, known as  terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (…

Fatty liver disease, diabetes and obesity are health issues that are not going to be solved during the holiday season.  The solution to much of it, healthier eating, is not realistic and so…

Genetic research has a great deal of benefit but its mysteries, such as the lack of identified genetic determinants that explain heritability of complex traits, leave a lot of biology open to…

 A large problem in making predictions about Antarctic melting is that we currently have insufficient knowledge about the ocean circulation near large glaciers in West Antarctica. This means…