Sep 10, 2011 by James Freeman

Researchers discovered 8.500-year-old fingerprints in Yeşilova Höyüğü site, Turkey, according to the Hürriyet. “We have discovered fingerprints...

Sep 9, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Researchers have discovered why butterflies have the capacity to change their wing patterns to mimic neighbouring species and ensure their survival from...

Sep 9, 2011 by Natali Anderson

The cause of loud sounds generated by males of some hummingbird species has been identified for the first time. A paper published in the September 9 issue...

Sep 8, 2011 by Natali Anderson

German researchers have found that sniffer dogs can help physicians make early yet reliable detections of lung cancer in patients, according to the European...

Sep 8, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Cardiologists at Royal Brompton Hospital, UK have discovered that scanning the heart using cardiovascular magnetic resonance can better diagnose and treat...

Sep 7, 2011 by News Staff

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the sharpest images of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites ever taken from space. Images show the...

Sep 7, 2011 by James Freeman

Scientists from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Tianyu Museum of Nature in Shandong Province, China, and University of Kansas...

Sep 6, 2011 by News Staff

A constant stabilization experiment of a quantum state has been successfully completed for the first time by a team from the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel,...

Sep 6, 2011 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has identified two new genes connected with hereditary renal diseases. The team of scientists from Canada, Germany,...

Sep 5, 2011 by News Staff

Princeton researchers have for the first time matched images of brain activity with categories of words related to the concepts a person is thinking about....

Sep 5, 2011 by News Staff

Mars Express has spotted a rare case of a crater once filled by a lake, revealed by the presence of a delta. This delta is an ancient fan-shaped deposit...

Sep 2, 2011 by James Freeman

The extinction of Ice Age giants such as woolly mammoths, woolly rhinos, giant sloths and saber-toothed cats has been widely studied, but much less is...

Sep 2, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Scientists have discovered a genetic cause of extreme thinness for the first time, according to a study published today in the journal Nature. The research...

Sep 1, 2011 by Natali Anderson

The green anole lizard Anolis carolinensis, a native of the Southeastern United States, is the first nonbird species of reptile to have its genome sequenced...