While its known that cigarette smoking can cause cancer it has been unclear how cigarette smoke causes healthy lung cells to become cancerous. Researchers from U.C. - Davis say that hydrogen…

Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica, S.A. has agreed to the sale of Gamesa Solar to private equity firm First Reserve Corporation for a total consideration of 261 million euros. Net debt was…

A highly specialised computer modelling technique developed at The University of Nottingham has been instrumental in the design of a revolutionary new swimsuit which is now being hailed as the…

Differences in gene expression levels between people of European versus African ancestry can affect how each group responds to certain drugs or fights off specific infections, say researchers in the…

I am not sure why Cali Lewis wore a tight t-shirt to discuss Chinese breast-massaging robots, but I bet there was a good reason. So let's chalk it up to another miracle of science.

Because we are basically clueless about what's happening in the blogosphere, I only learned about this flare up because a gentleman from PLoS who writes for scienceblogs mentioned us in his response…

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, February 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research…

A report in a recent New England Journal of Medicine, led by researchers at the New England Newborn Screening Program (NENSP) of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), indicates a…

Scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have discovered how roots find their way past obstacles to grow through soil. The discovery also explains how germinating seedlings penetrate the soil…

SAN MATEO, California, February 28 /PRNewswire/ -- - NS-BOS Enables ISVs to Create and Distribute Vertical Business Applications Built on NetSuite - NetSuite SuiteScript D-Bug Provides First Real-…