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Many Rare Mutations May Underpin Diseases
The task of finding the genetic roots of common disease seems much harder, dimming the promise of personal genomics...
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Senate Bill Would Make It Easier for STEM Graduates to Stay in U.S.
Two U.S. senators have introduced legislation that would make it easier for international students studying science, technology, engineering, or...
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Study Finds 90% of Endangered Species Recovering on Time
A new Center for Biological Diversity analysis of 110 endangered species finds that 90% are on track to meet...
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Chip Off the Old Block: Silicon Trick for Next-Gen Memory
Researchers have revealed details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip. The...
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Academia Suppresses Creativity
Creativity enhances life. It enables the great thinkers, artists, and leaders of our world to continually push forward new...
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Higher Education, Coffee Linked to Longer Life
People with higher levels of education and higher income have lower rates of many chronic diseases compared to those...
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Natural Sinks Still Sopping Up Carbon
Earth’s ecosystems keep soaking up more carbon as greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere, new measurements find. The research...
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How to Rid the World of the “Element from Hell”
The vast majority of the radioactive plutonium on the planet is man-made—roughly 500 metric tons, or enough to make...
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Paralyzed Woman Moves Robotic Arm With Her Thoughts
A paralyzed Massachusetts woman picked up a bottle of coffee and sipped from it by moving a robotic arm...
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Gene Therapy Extends Mouse Life By 24 Percent
A new study consisting of inducing cells to express telomerase, the enzyme which, metaphorically, slows down the biological clock,...