Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute
11/21/2009 1:32:15 PM
Private messages hacked from a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics.

Proton Beams Are on Track at Collider
11/21/2009 1:32:15 PM
The successful operation of the Large Hadron Collider marked the resumption of the world’s biggest and most expensive physics experiment.

Voracious Invader May Be Nearing Lake Michigan
11/21/2009 1:32:15 PM
Evidence of Asian carp, a fish that some fear could destroy the ecosystem of Lake Michigan, has been found beyond a barrier intended to keep the fish out.

U. of Nebraska Defeats Tighter Limits on Stem Cell Research
11/21/2009 1:32:15 PM
The effort had been seen by opponents as a possible new front in the national debate over the matter.

Albert Crewe, First to Show a Single Atom, Is Dead at 82
11/21/2009 1:32:15 PM
Dr. Crewe, a University of Chicago physicist, developed the high-resolution electron microscope that captured the first image of an individual atom.

Barn personnel experience higher-than-average rates of respiratory symptoms
11/21/2009 1:32:16 PM
The estimated 4.6 million Americans involved in the equine industry may be at risk of developing respiratory symptoms due to poor air quality in horse barns, according to a questionnaire study.

Why bird flu has not caused a pandemic
11/21/2009 1:32:16 PM
Bird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to new research.

An atomic-level look at an HIV accomplice
11/21/2009 1:32:16 PM
Since the discovery in 2007 that a component of human semen called SEVI boosts infectivity of the virus that causes AIDS, researchers have been trying to learn more about SEVI and how it works, in hopes of thwarting its infection-promoting activity.

Active hearing process in mosquitoes
11/21/2009 1:32:16 PM
A mathematical model has explained some of the remarkable features of mosquito hearing. In particular, the male can hear the faintest beats of the female's wings and yet is not deafened by loud noises.

Amaizing: Corn genome decoded
11/21/2009 1:32:16 PM
In recent years, scientists have decoded the DNA of humans and a menagerie of creatures but none with genes as complex as a stalk of corn, the latest genome to be unraveled. A team of scientists has published the completed corn genome -- an accomplishment that will speed efforts to develop better crop varieties to meet the world's growing demands for food, livestock feed and fuel.