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The days of batteries may be coming to an end, as researchers develop capacitors that can give them a run for their money

The Wide Bay Conservation Council is hoping water quality data will clarify whether upstream and downstream fishways in the Paradise Dam are repelling lungfish.

Japanese researchers have showed off a robot that will soon strut its stuff down a Tokyo catwalk.

Australian researchers are beginning to predict how climate change will reshape our 30 000 kilometres of coastline, reports Craig Macaulay.

Australian researchers are beginning to predict how climate change will reshape our 30 000 kilometres of coastline, reports Craig Macaulay.

NASA still does not know what caused a hydrogen leak last week, but officials are hopeful that repairs have solved the problem.

Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the introduction of a new line of genotyping assays that enable researchers to more closely study the significant role that DNA copy number structural variation plays in human health and disease. The

Scientists have uncovered the secret of long life in an unexpected source: the swift. Researchers at Glasgow University have found the birds have a distinctive piece of genetic material whose length predicts whether they will live to an old age or die young.Crucially, all other animals, including humans, also have these sections of DNA, which are known as telomeres. The head of the project, Professor Pat Monaghan, said she believed her research showed how men and women might one day be able to live longer by halting erosion of their own telomeres.'All sorts of factors affect telomere length, including levels of oxidants in the blood, stress and various environmental factors,' she said. 'That gives researchers a route to pursue when trying to find ways to improve human longevity. It is a holy grail. If you could find a way to keep your telomeres long, who knows how long you could stay young for?'Telomeres are found at the ends of chromosomes, the parcels of DNA that direct growth found

(Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have shown for the first time that a tendency to develop some blood disorders may be inherited. Their research, published online today in Nature Genetics, identifies a common genetic sequence abnormality that enhances the likelihood of acquiring a mutation in a gene linked to certain blood diseases.

(Florida State University) Global warming is expected to cause the sea level along the northeastern US coast to rise almost twice as fast as global sea levels during this century, putting New York City at greater risk for damage from hurricanes and winter storm surge, according to a new study led by a Florida State University researcher.