A destructive spring freeze that chilled the eastern United States almost a year ago illustrates the threat a warming climate poses to plants and crops, according to a paper just published in the…

Plant leaves are photosynthetic organs. Their main job is to harvest energy from sunlight, and use that energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates. In addition to capturing…

Modern diesel cars are quieter than their predecessors but also release considerably fewer exhaust fumes into the atmosphere. But the real culprit in diesel are heavy-duty, construction and off-road…

The RoboSwift micro-aircraft has made its first flight. The small, quiet plane is equipped with observation cameras that can be used in the future to study birds or to conduct surveillance of groups…

NEW YORK, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that it has acquired Advanced Portfolio Technologies, Inc. (APT), a leading global provider of risk management…

LONDON, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Planalytics Inc., the global leader in Business Weather Intelligence(R), released its February WeatherCall(SM) report today pointing to differences in consumer…

LONDON, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Chiltern, a leading global research organization, is proud to announce that it won 4 'Pharmas' at the PharmaTimes Clinical Researcher of the Year ceremony, including…

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A combination of negative mother-daughter relationships and low blood levels of serotonin, an important brain chemical for mood stability, may be lethal for adolescent girls, leaving them vulnerable…

Solving a long-standing biological mystery, UCLA stem cell researchers have discovered that blood stem cells, the cells that later differentiate into all the cells in the blood supply, originate and…