Predicting Sunspots

Solar seismology may improve space weather forecasts...

Gene screen sieves out new treatments for old drugs

Scientists have developed a technique for finding new ways to treat existing diseases using drugs that are already in existence and currently prescribed for completely different conditions.

Diamonds in Flames

Diamonds have been found in candle flames...

Climate change drives animals uphill

Animals overheated by climate change are heading uphill and away from the equator, new research has shown.

Artificial Chromosomes for Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD, is a genetic condition in which sufferers lack the ability to produce dystrophin – an essential structural protein in muscles. The size of the dystrophin gene precludes existing gene therapy techniques, but researchers in Italy could achieve the same using artif...