Science Literacy Project Daily Digest

Findings from a multi-center trial led by researchers at Beaumont Hospital may give urologists another minimally invasive treatment option for ...

The decision comes after thousands of protesters recently took to the streets in demonstration of the undeniable fact that both ...

A new supply of fresh papayas from Hawaii will reach grocery-store shelves in Japan this year and consumers have biotechnology ...

Animals whose ancestors were exposed to an environmental compound generations earlier have been found to developed an increased reaction to ...

Scientists are a step closer to harnessing a technique that “literally mends broken hearts”, according to the Daily Express. The ...

Last weekend protesters gathered at Rothamsted Research, north of London, threatening to destroy a field of genetically modified wheat. In ...

Illegally smuggled into Brazil 14 years ago, transgenic soy has proved a boon to domestic farmers and now accounts for ...

Scientists have discovered a complex gene cluster responsible for the synthesis of the medicinal compound noscapine ...

Farmers using improved seeds and biotech crop varieties continue to see significant economic and on-farm environmental benefits, according to the ...

In a study published in the journal Cell on May 24, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists describe the three-dimensional ...

For years scientists have slaved away, trying to piece together the genes that make up the ripe, red goodness that ...

"The cyber-strike came after hundreds of protestors went to the agricultural research station in Hertfordshire to try to attack the ...

Today, if you’re pregnant with a defective fetus, you won’t know about the problem till you’re well along. At 10 ...

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, report that ancient farmers had a stronger impact on the evolution of maize, ...

A breakthrough in Japan, which has been historically precautionary about GM foods: “Rainbow” papayas–genetically modified to withstand the deadly ringspot ...

Children have a 50-50 chance of inheriting the rare disease from their parents. Kristen Powers told USA TODAY in April ...

A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute suggests that the replication process for DNA -- the ...

Scientific breakthroughs like Jeffreys's exemplify what is known in modern science as "impact". This contentious concept tiptoes along the intersection ...

A substance in human mesenchymal stem cells that promotes growth appears to spur restoration of nerves and their function in ...

Africa was one of the first places that adopted GM crops, but most of countries in Africa have refused to ...

A simple blood test soon may be able to predict which new mothers will suffer from postpartum depression, a condition ...

Despite the facade put in place by Monsanto that virtually all mainstream medical organizations believe there is no difference between ...

Chakravarti is among thousands of Indians who lose their sight in chemical accidents each year. Today, some of those people ...

In a remarkable new story, one professor, who sequenced his own genome, found that he was a high risk for ...

Stem cells are not invincible and therefore not likely to be the magic wand in the world of medicine, but ...

Somebody please get Sen. Lisa Luddite Murkowski, R-Alaska, down off her high-flying Frankenfish. Enough with the pandering to Alaska commercial ...

Genetics can help predict whether a person is likely to quit smoking on his or her own or need medication ...