What are the survival prospects for female characters in the James Bond movies? A new research project from Cleveland State University and Kent State University performed a quantitative content…

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, February 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Positive Opinion Based on Supporting Data from Two Phase III Clinical Studies Abbott today announced that the European Committee for…

The Polywater debacle has been called ‘one of the most famous mistaken scientific research programs of the past half-century’. It was initially feared that the USSR’s discovery of highly viscous…

A nice new search for heavy quarks has been completed by the ATLAS collaboration in 7 TeV proton-proton collisions data collected in 2011. The ideas behind the search are instructive to describe, so…

Last month, we were treated to the biggest solar storm since 2005, generating some of the most dazzling northern lights in recent memory. The source of that storm, and others like it, was the sun's…

Signals can tell cells to act cancerous, surviving, growing and reproducing out of control. And signals can also tell cells with cancerous characteristics to stop growing or to die. In breast cancer…

NES ZIONA, Israel, February 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BiondVax's Multimeric-001 Universal Influenza Vaccine successfully meets primary and secondary endpoints, demonstrating excellent safety and…

EXTON, Pennsylvania, February 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Improved Cortisol Exposure-Time Profile with Plenadren Associated with Improved Outcomes - ViroPharma Incorporated today announced that…

A research team from the Department of Biology at the University of Victoria, Canada, have, for the first time, investigated the  behavioural responses of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) to the…

Despite claims by some of the more aggressive groups who attack science academia, women do not face a 'hostile' work environment because in some fields they are less than 50 percent or some other…