Some animal-pollinated plants face an interesting dilemma. The same animals they rely on for pollination also like to eat them. This is the case for Nicotiana attenuata, a wild tobacco plant that…

Young people are all for saving the environment--as long as doing so makes economic sense, according to new research conducted at Michigan State University. Based on a survey of 18- to 30-year-olds,…

Viruses are thought to spread by entering a cell, replicating, and then moving on to infect new cells. But a new study published in Science reveals that some viruses spread much faster than…

It's strange how quickly the image conjured up of a place can change so quickly for so many. If I'd used "Haiti" in the subject line two weeks ago, I'd guess most of you wouldn't quickly think of how…

BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, January 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The EU 'cyber security' Agency - ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) presents its new, 3rd 'spam report' (http://…

SLOUGH, England, January 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Cimzia(R) (certolizumab pegol) has been recommended for approval by NICE [2] as an option for the treatment of adults with severe active RA on the…

LONDON, January 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has become the latest high profile figure to voice his goodwill message to UK troops stationed abroad via the UK's fastest…

Wednesday 6 January 2010 There have been only two standing ovations at the AAS in his memory, said Society president John Huchra, and the other heralded a presenter who later won the Nobel Prize.…

Nature has put up some free pieces on syntehtic and systems biology on their Synthetic Systems Biology Web Focus. Unfortunately they haven't made it all free, but you can go read this one: Five hard…

LONDON, January 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the results of data from trials of two different oral therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS), fingolimod and cladribine, set to be reported online in the…