Divorce is widespread, not only in humans, but also in socially monogamous birds like the blue tit. Behavioural ecologists Mihai Valcu and Bart Kempenaers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen found divorce ...
Apr 23, 2008
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The Tasman Glacier is retreating faster than ever and will ultimately disappear, glaciologists at Massey University are warning.
Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2008
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A computer simulation breakthrough could mean fewer medical complications and better surgical outcomes for patients undergoing hip, knee or spinal implant surgery.
Software
Apr 23, 2008
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The mirror of the Herschel telescope has now been assembled with the payload and service module, completing the spacecraft structure - an important milestone in the days following through to launch.
Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2008
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Survival of all animals depends on their ability to withstand microbial infections and adapt to fluctuations in oxygen concentrations. These abilities depend on two ancient, evolutionary gene expression responses called the ...
Apr 23, 2008
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The prevailing thinking is that Mars is a planet whose active climate has been confined to the distant past. About 3.5 billion years ago, the Red Planet had extensive flowing water and then fell quiet - deadly quiet. It didn't ...
Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2008
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A broad collaboration of research institutions in the U.S. and China has produced a first draft of the papaya genome. This draft, which spells out more than 90 percent of the plant’s gene coding sequence, sheds new light ...
Apr 23, 2008
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At the cores of many galaxies, supermassive black holes expel powerful jets of particles at nearly the speed of light. Just how they perform this feat has long been one of the mysteries of astrophysics.
Astronomy
Apr 23, 2008
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A team of University of Chicago scientists has shown how two proteins locate and repair damaged genetic material inside cells.
Apr 23, 2008
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Spouses of presidential candidates are employed in campaigns more strategically and intensively than ever before. New research by political scientists concludes that the ability of presidential and vice-presidential candidates’ ...
Other
Apr 23, 2008
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