biology

Biologists Map the Habits of Cancer Cells

Posted in Medicine on 10th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Using an approach that merges engineering and medicine, a team has compiled some of the most sophisticated data yet on the signaling networks directing highly invasive cancer cells.

Complex organic molecules discovered in infant star system

Posted in Featured, Science on 10th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Hints that prebiotic organic chemistry is universal.

Signs of Alien Life Will Be Found by 2025, NASA's Chief Scientist Predicts

Posted in Science on 8th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

"I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years."

Oxygen-depleted oceans had key role in mass extinction

Posted in Science on 5th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Changes in the chemical balance of the ocean were crucial in the end-Triassic extinction, during which half of all plant, animal and marine life on Earth perished.

Oceans might take 1,000 years to recover from climate change

Posted in Featured, Science on 4th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

'We have to come to terms with the things that we are going to sacrifice if we do not reduce our greenhouse gas footprint.'