Nov 7th, 2008 · A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience shows that mice treated with large doses of vitamin B3 performed better on memory tests. Kim Green, one of the authors of the study, explains whether this discovery could have any application for treating Alzheimer's in humans.
Nov 4th, 2008 · Research at Montana State University has found a plant fungus that produces Diesel fuel. Dr. Gary Strobel calls the discovery Mycodiesel. Alex Chadwick talks to Strobel, who is a plant scientist at Montana State University, about how long it will take until Mycodiesel is available at your gas station.
Oct 31st, 2008 · Oetzi, a mummified man found frozen in the Italian Alps after 5,300 years, has no living genetic descendants among modern humans. The discovery came after researchers sequenced Oetzi's entire genome and compared it with human DNA.
Oct 9th, 2008 · The Nobel Prize for chemistry was awarded this week to three scientists working in the United States for their work on a jellyfish protein that glows in the dark. But the scientist who found the gene for this protein, and gave it to the eventual Nobel winners, is no longer working in the field. He drives a shuttle bus for an auto dealership.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Two Americans and a Japanese researcher have won the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of a glowing jellyfish protein. This enables scientists to study the previously invisible machinery of life in action and is used by researchers around the world.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Two Americans and a Japanese researcher have won the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of a glowing jellyfish protein. This enables scientists to study the previously invisible machinery of life in action and is used by researchers around the world.
Oct 6th, 2008 · The 2008 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine went in part to two French researchers for discovering the virus that causes AIDS. The award was not shared by American Robert Gallo, who has also claimed a role in the discovery of HIV. Additionally, a German scientist got the prize for establishing the cause of most cervical cancers.
Oct 1st, 2008 · The recent discovery of a well-preserved tissue sample from a woman living in the Congo in 1960 allowed scientists to analyze an early version of the HIV genome. Their findings indicate that HIV arrived in the region much earlier than previously thought, around the turn of the century.