Scientists identify gene that helps treat cancer
Canberra-- The gene that strengthens the human immunity system has been identified by Australian scientists, it was revealed on Monday.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial...
Human lifespan has no fixed limit, say scientists
New York-- There is no fixed limit to the human lifespan, says scientists who found that the chances to be a supercentenarian -- to...
Monsoon is both a pollution pump and a cleanser, says study
By K.S. Jayaraman
Bengaluru-- Like Janus, the Greek god, the Indian monsoon has two faces, according to a report by researchers from Germany in the...
Scientists unveil genome of India’s national bird
By Manupriya
Bhopal, June 4 (IANS/Mongabay .com) After a two-year-long effort, a team of researchers from IISER-Bhopal has been able to sequence the genome of...
From One Many: Harvard scientists reveal the genetic roadmap to building an entire organism...
By Kevin Jiang
HMS Communications
Whether a worm, a human, or a blue whale, all multicellular life begins as a single-celled egg.
From this solitary cell emerges the...
Biology without borders
New Quantitative Biology Initiative will bring together physical and life scientists to answer major questions
By Peter Reuell
Harvard Staff Writer
For centuries, people have looked at living...
Alarmed by truth decay
Researchers want to use science to combat techniques that can make the true seem false, and the reverse
By Peter Reuell
Harvard Staff Writer/Harvard Gazette
As Americans increasingly...
What if superconductors could work at room temperature?
By Allie Nicodemo
Everything we know in the world is made up of basic materials. Superconductors, which represent one class of these materials, are remarkably...
Exhibit shows the beauty, utility of microscopic universe around us
By Deborah Blackwell
The expressions “Wash your hands” and “Home, sweet home” have more in common than you’d think. A whole universe more.
The value of using...
Drawing inspiration from plants, animals to restore skin tissue
By Leah Burrows
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have developed new wound...