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The Human Genome Project revealed that only a small fraction of the 3 billion 'letter' DNA code actually instructs cells to manufacture proteins, the workhorses of most life processes. This has raised the question of what the remaining part of the human genome does. How much of the rest performs other biological functions, and how much is merely residue of prior genetic events'

LONDON, April 9 (Reuters Life!) - Members of the opposite sex can spot whether someone is after a one-night stand or something more permanent just by looking at their face, scientists said on Wednesday.

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) report that they silenced symptoms of Parkinson's disease in rats using skin cells from an adult mouse that they reprogrammed to act like embryonic stem cells. [More]

Scientists from UCL (University College London) have identified a key difference between people who can fight the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) off successfully and those who fail to do so - that a group of cells important in controlling the disease are triggered to 'commit suicide' in patients who are chronically infected. This discovery provides an important new focus for developing therapies or vaccines that boost the body's ability to manage this infection.

MADRID (Reuters) - The smallest planet discovered outside our solar system has been found by Spanish scientists.

It's obvious when Pinocchio's lying. What about more subtle clues? Scientists say they have the basis of a remote lie detector test that monitors someone's sweat, pulse and blood pressure without them knowing.

Gravitational wave detector gets a pricey upgrade.

There's a strange wave phenomenon that's plagued rocket scientists for years, a lurking threat with the power to destroy an engine at almost any time. For decades, scientists have had a limited understanding of how or why it happens because they could not replicate or investigate the problem under controlled laboratory conditions.

Superinsulation may sound like a marketing gimmick for adrafty attic or winter coat. But it is actually a newly-discoveredfundamental state of matter created by scientists at the U.S.Department ...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are genes which produce important elements that regulate a wide variety of processes in plants, animals and humans. MiRNAs are considered to be promising diagnostic and therapeutic candidates for the treatment of human diseases. Worldwide, scientists are seeking to develop methods to detect which miRNAs are active in tissue samples or to identify novel miRNA genes.