New research shows that the heart does have a limited ability to heal itself, and that small snippets of RNA can be used to stimulate this capacity
By Kerri Smith and Nature magazine | 3 hours ago
A device based on scattered silver cubes could scale up light absorption for solar power
By Katharine Sanderson and Nature magazine | 3 hours ago
Dredging of a highly contaminated canal has begun to make it deeper for ships, but some experts worry the effort could stir up chemical trouble
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | 10 hours ago
An $11-million weather sensor network being installed in California will give officials more time to prepare for onslaughts of Pacific storms
By Mark Fischetti | Dec 4, 2012 | 15
3-D graphene blocks—grown between forming ice crystals—add elasticity to the super strength and conductivity of sheets of graphene, a 2-D form of carbon first isolated less than a decade ago
By James Mitchell Crow and Nature magazine | Dec 4, 2012
The drug industry says the antibiotic pipeline is blocked by overly stringent clinical-trial requirements for new treatments
By Heidi Ledford and Nature magazine | Dec 4, 2012
High in the Andes and finally open to scientists after years of conflict, Colombia's cloud forests host rich biodiversity, which is being lost before its even documented
By Autumn Spanne and DailyClimate.org | Dec 4, 2012 | 3
NASA plans an $11-million upgrade to help space station crews sleep better in orbit
By Katie Worth | Dec 4, 2012 | 1
High above sea level, the mountains regulate water supply for millions in Colombia's cities, but natural flood control works are failing
By Autumn Spanne and DailyClimate.org | Dec 3, 2012
Hubble observations of a speedy galaxy weigh on the Milky Way and indicate that our galaxy is at least a trillion times as massive as the sun
By Ken Croswell | Dec 3, 2012 | 10
NASA's MESSENGER orbiter has found evidence of pure water hiding near the planet's cool north pole
By Maggie McKee and Nature magazine | Nov 30, 2012 | 5
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