In a new twist in the STAP cell research controversy, Dr. Haruko Obokata was pronounced guilty by the research institute Riken on April 1, 2014. Shunsuke Ishii, chairman of the investigative…
Physicists have made a groundbreaking finding by gathering evidence of a long-predicted twist in light from the big bang that represents the first image of ripples in the universe called…
A new study has found that fragile X syndrome, the most common genetic cause of mental retardation and autism, occurs because of a mechanism that shuts off the gene associated with the disease. Read…
Researchers have found that plant-emitted aerosoles—the extremely low-volatile organic compounds—consist of relatively large molecules. They show how these vapors are formed almost immediately when…
Using sophisticated plate tectonic and 3D numerical modeling, geoscientists have been able to show that break-up of the supercontinent Gondwana about 130 million years ago could have led to a…
The volume of publication output has exploded. You cannot rule out the possibility that your research topic has already been addressed in a recently published paper. One of the most frequent reasons…
In this 2-minute video, Dr. Bruce Dancik explains how much of the data included in tables and figures should be presented in the form of text, and how much should be left for the reader to…