
Tasting the Light
Device lets the visually impaired "see" with their tongues
Device lets the visually impaired "see" with their tongues
Could the secrets to anti-aging be at the tips of our chromosomes?
A gaseous plant hormone turns off anti-ripening genes, enabling fruit to mellow--and taste good
A pair of sunglasses wired to an electric "lollipop" helps the visually impaired regain optical sensations via a different pathway
A crucial protein on the surfaces of malignant cells shields them from destruction, but it could also provide a new way to attack cancer
The Chongqing Children's Palace in China will mix leisure with science this summer as the staff runs DNA testing on children attending the five-day camp.
A low-cost adapter for cell phone cameras can capture images of abnormal cells and parasites
Yesterday, in a nonjury trial, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney convicted Dongfan “Greg” Chung, a 73-year-old Orange County, Calif., resident, on six counts of economic espionage for stealing trade secrets from Boeing...
Corn-based ethanol production continues to rise; U.S. farmers planted 87 million acres of corn this year—two million more than the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had initially estimated in March. This news has driven down corn market prices, leaving farmers skeptical about the theory that ethanol production has caused a corn shortage and in turn inflated food prices in the U.S...
Two recent studies indicate that the genetics of race influences the survivability of some cancers, but the conclusions are not so black and white
Arm injuries are commonplace among Major League Baseball pitchers, and such impairments may have cost a few notable pitchers, such as Randy Johnson and Brandon Webb, a chance to play in the 76th All-Star Game tonight...
Today the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Pew Research Center released results of a survey examining the attitudes of the general public and the scientific community as they regard to science...
A large portion of the human genome (approximately 98 percent) does not encode genes. Long thought to be "junk DNA," these portions, researchers continue to learn, can play a role in genetic activity and, subsequently, in health and sickness...
The arid Negev Desert in southern Israel is no match for the desert rhubarb, which plant researchers say has found a unique way to water itself.
The plant ( Rumex hymenosepalus ) has mastered collecting moisture in a region that receives just two to six inches [50.8 to 152.4 millimeters] of rainfall a year...
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