Biology News Net

Saturday th 10th of January 2009

Why the swamp sparrow is hitting the high notes - 01:41

People are more suggestible under laughing gas - 01:35

Thursday th 8th of January 2009

Structure mediating spread of antibiotic resistance identified - 17:14

How cheating ants give themselves away - 17:14

Scientists discover an ancient odor-detecting mechanism in insects - 17:14

Scientists call up stem cell troops to repair the body using new drug combinations - 17:14

Decline of carbon-dioxide-gobbling plankton coincided with ancient global cooling - 17:14

Chemopreventive agents in black raspberries identified - 17:14

Hind wings help butterflies make swift turns to evade predators, study finds - 17:14

Study: Excessive use of antiviral drugs could aid deadly flu - 14:35

Unique skeletal muscle design contributes to spine stability - 14:35

Human genomics in China - 14:35

Hormone important in recognizing familiar faces - 14:35

Wednesday th 7th of January 2009

'It takes 2 to know 1': Shared experiences change self-recognition - 14:29

Spookfish uses mirrors for eyes - 14:29

Low level herbicide use can damage potato reproduction - 14:29

Wii Fit a promising tool for all ages - 14:29

Big, old mice spread hantavirus - 14:29

Male crickets with bigger heads are better fighters, study reveals, echoing ancient Chinese text - 14:29

Polarized light pollution leads animals astray - 14:29

Four, three, two, one . . . pterosaurs have lift off - 14:29

'Scrawny' gene keeps stem cells healthy - 14:29

Tuesday th 6th of January 2009

Obesity: Reviving the promise of leptin - 13:49

Popular and respected cell transplantation journal goes 'open-access' - 13:49

Smoking during pregnancy fosters aggression in children - 13:49

Monday th 5th of January 2009

Breathing easier - 14:21

New insight into aggressive childhood cancer - 14:21

Uncultured bacteria found in amniotic fluids of women who experience preterm births - 14:21

Scientists can now differentiate between healthy cells and cancer cells - 14:21

Friday th 2nd of January 2009

Dormant cancer cells rely on cellular self-cannibalization to survive - 17:49

Aquaculture's growth seen as continuing - 17:49

Thursday th 1st of January 2009

The gold standard: Biodesign Institute researchers use nanoparticles to make 3-D DNA nanotubes - 16:14

Study shows that the societal, economic burden of insomnia is high - 16:14

Wednesday th 31st of December 2008

A happy new year for penguins - 00:49

Few DNA repair genes maintain association with cancer in field synopsis - 00:49

Gold nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery - 00:49

Monday th 29th of December 2008

Gene therapy reversed heart damage in heart failure - 16:56

4 years after tsunami: Corals stage comeback - 16:56

Flowering plants speed post-surgery recovery - 16:56

Facial expressions of emotion are innate, not learned, says new study - 16:56

Friday th 26th of December 2008

How chromosomes meet in the dark -- Switch that turns on X chromosome matchmaking - 23:07

Our unconscious brain makes the best decisions possible - 23:07

Biologists learn structure, mechanism of powerful 'molecular motor' in virus - 23:07

Brain starvation as we age appears to trigger Alzheimer's - 23:07

Monday th 22nd of December 2008

Redesigned protein accelerates blood clotting - 13:56

Snails and humans use same genes to tell right from left - 13:56

New 'smart' materials for the brain - 13:56

Leptin's long-distance call to the pancreas - 13:56

Friday th 19th of December 2008

Modified gene targets cancer cells a thousand times more often than healthy cells - 16:42

Women prefer prestige over dominance in mates - 16:42