Fisheries, Not Whales, To Blame For Shortage Of Fish

The argument that increasing whale populations are behind declining fish stocks is completely without scientific foundation, leading researchers and conservation organizations said as the International Whaling Commission opened its 60th...

Ovarian cancer's specific scent detected by dogs

Ground-breaking research in the June issue of Integrative Cancer Therapies published by SAGE explored whether ovarian cancer has a scent different from other cancers and whether working dogs could be...

Automated Microfluidic Device Reduces Time To Screen Small Organisms For Genetic Studies

Genetic studies on small organisms such as worms and flies can now be done more quickly using a new microfluidic device. The new "lab-on-a-chip" can automatically position, image, determine the...

Study: Dry Tortugas has signs of recovery

MIAMI, June 25 (UPI) -- A team of 38 U.S. research divers has completed a 20-day biennial census, measuring how the protected status of the Dry Tortugas is...

Animal Old Age Poses New Questions To Zoos

As zoo animals reach record ages, keepers are finding they need to learn more about geriatrics to help care for them.

Understanding The Migration Of Cancer Cells

Lamellipodia and filopodia are dynamic surface extensions of the cell which play a pivotal role in cell migration, invasion and wound healing. Biochemists have succeeded in clarifying the interplay between...

New Role For Factor Critical To Transcription Identified

Scientists have identified a new role for the elongation factor ELL in gene transcription by RNA polymerase II -- the enzyme that synthesizes messenger RNA to carry genetic information from...

Supreme Court weighs whales vs war preparation

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court will have the final say on whether war preparation trumps whale protection....

Top new species revealed!

Thousands of new plant and animal species were discovered in 2007, though only 10 were bizarre enough, lethal enough or just plain cool enough to garner spots on a new...

High Hormone Levels In Seabird Chicks Prepare Them To Kill Their Siblings

The Nazca booby, a Galápagos Island seabird, emerges from its shell ready to kill its brother or sister. Biologists have linked the murderous behavior to high levels of testosterone and...

Neuroscientists Show Insulin Receptor Signaling Regulates Structure Of Brain Circuits

Neuroscientists have demonstrated for the first time in living animals that insulin receptors in the brain can initiate signaling that regulates both the structure and function of neural circuits. The...

Nasal spray using body's immune system provides hope of cure for common cold

Hopes of cure for common cold on the horizon A nasal spray that mimics our own natural defense system may be the answer to beating the common cold, according...

Reliance on unverifiable observations hinders successful conservation of wildlife species

Nearly any evidence of the occurrence of a rare or elusive wildlife species has the tendency to generate a stir. Case in point: in February 2008, remote cameras unexpectedly captured...

New Paradigm For Cell-specific Gene Delivery

Researchers have discovered a new way to limit gene transfer and expression to specific tissues in animals. In studies to determine how plasmids enter the nuclei of non-dividing cells, the...

Engineers Create 3-D Model To Help Biologists Combat Blue Tongue Virus

A large 3-D model of the Blue Tongue virus has been created by WMG engineering researchers at the University of Warwick that will help biologists devise new ways to combat...

Building Giant 'Nanoassemblies' That Sense Their Environment

Researchers in Texas are reporting the design, construction, and assembly of nano-size building blocks into the first giant structures that can sense and respond to changes in environmental conditions.

Repellent Made from Pine Oil

A naturally-occurring compound prepared from pine oil that seems to deter mosquito biting and repels two kinds of ticks has been found by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. read more

Science Weekly podcast: sandbag.org.uk, immunotherapy, and chimpanzees' sexual politics

Alok Jha is joined by Bryony Worthington, the founder of sandbag.org.uk, to discuss carbon trading and combating climate change. Plus, is immunotherapy set to revolutionise cancer treatment? And the science...

Critically endangered Indonesian rhino seriously ill: official

A member of the world's most threatened rhinoceros species is seriously ill in Indonesia, a forestry official said Monday.

New source of heart stem cells discovered

DNA Knot Keeps Viral Genes Tightly Corked Inside Shell, Scientists Discover

A novel twist of DNA may keep viral genes tightly wound within a capsule, waiting for ejection into a host, a high-resolution analysis of its structure has revealed. Using electron...

DNA Study Unlocks Mystery To Diverse Traits In Dogs

New research reveals locations in a dog's DNA that contain genes that scientists believe contribute to differences in body and skull shape, weight, fur color and length -- and possibly...

Scientists: Predators needed in U.S. lands

SAN MATEO, Calif., June 22 (UPI) -- More large predators such as cougars are needed in wild lands in the western United States to enhance overall wildlife populations,...

White storks revived in French region

MUNSTER, France, June 22 (UPI) -- Wildlife conservationists in Munster, France, say the white stork population is thriving after the bird nearly disappeared from the area.

In Poland, Chopin's heart may hold secret of his death

The heart of Frederic Chopin, one of the world's most cherished musical geniuses, could hold the secret to his untimely death.

Hunted, rammed, poisoned, whales may die from heartbreak too

More than two decades after the start of a leaky moratorium on whale hunting, the most majestic of sea mammals have made little headway in recovering their once robust populations,...

Observatory: Just Smelling the Coffee Can Wake Up Genes

A study of coffee-smelling rats may be a first step toward understanding the effects of coffee aroma, scientists say.

Tiny, Clingy and Destructive, Mussel Makes Its Way West

The quagga mussel is colonizing the Colorado River and wreaking ecological havoc.