A new study finds a link between cell division and growth rate.

An international study to understand and predict the likely impact of ocean acidification on shellfish and other marine organisms living in seas from the tropics to the poles is published this week in the journal Global Change Biology.

A team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a method to hinder unwanted toxins from entering the edible parts of plants such as the oilseed rape, which will make it suitable for animal feed.

Researchers show that access to clean water might not reduce the incidence of dysentry as a country becomes more developed. As countries become more industrialized, and improve health, lifestyle and access to clean water, the numbers of infections with dysentery-causing Shigella flexneri decline. However, incidence of another form of the dysentery-causing bacterium, Shigella sonnei, increase with...

Developing resistance to chemotherapy is a nearly universal consequence for cancer patients with solid tumors -- such as those of the breast, prostate, lung and colon -- that have metastasized, or spread, throughout the body. A team of scientists led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has discovered a key factor that drives this drug resistance -- information that ultimately may be used to...

Genetic variability revealed in malaria genomes newly sequenced by two multi-national research teams points to new challenges in efforts to eradicate the parasite, but also offers a better picture of its genetic composition, providing an initial roadmap in the development of vaccines to combat malaria.

The researchers' paper, "Dendrimer-fullerenol soft-condensed nanoassembly" published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C, showed how the soft nanomaterial dendrimer can be used to remediate the environment from potentially toxic nanomaterials.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say neutrophils, an abundant type of white blood cell typically tasked with attacking bacteria and other foreign invaders, also plays an unexpected role in mediating insulin resistance -- the central characteristic of type 2 diabetes, which afflicts an estimated 26 million Americans.

The relentless, weather-gone-crazy type of heat that has blistered the U.S., Canada and other parts of the world in recent years is so rare it can't be anything but man-made global warming, a new statistical analysis says.

A confounding split-finger fastball thrown by Freddy Garcia sparked a discussion and multiple scholarly papers by physics professors.

More than 3.5 million electronic water meters were installed in Texas as of 2010 in a move to save both money and water.

PASADENA, Calif. – The excitement, tension and anxiety is palpable here as NASA’s huge Mars rover Curiosity nears its daring dive onto the Red...

Could periods of fasting lead to a longer life?

The relentless, weather-gone-crazy type of heat that has blistered the United States and other parts of the world in recent years is so rare that it can't be anything but man-made global warming, says a new statistical analysis from a top government...

The gravitational tug of Mars is now pulling NASA's car-size geochemistry laboratory, Curiosity, in for a suspenseful landing in less than 40 hours.

Like the male antechinus mouse, the oversexed often fail to find loveAt just 11 months, the male antechinus mouse reaches sexual maturity. He searches his territory every night, hoping to satisfy his voracious sexual appetite. The escalating hormones lead him to 12-hour sexual encounters and mating sprees that span up to four days (all without stopping to eat, drink or rest with his...

It’s an age-old question: Does success have more to do with talent and effort, or simply good fortune? Sociologists found some answers in an experiment with 48 songs by indie bands.

An analysis by a top government scientist says the extreme heat and drought seen in the U.S., Europe and other regions in recent years must be global warming. Specifically the study by NASA scientist James Hansen blames climate change for last year's drought in Texas and Oklahoma, the 2010 heat wave in Russia and the 2003 European heat wave that led to tens of thousands of...

If a Russian mogul can turn us all to immortal holograms, then will we still be able to eat ice cream?