Scientists

Bangladeshi scientists offer to help India combat wheat blast

Bangladesh scientists offer help to India for tackling the deadly wheat blast outbreak.
Scientists grow human organs for transplant inside pigs

Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs.
Lab-grown skin sprouts hair and glands

Scientists in Japan have successfully transplanted mice with lab-grown skin that has more of the organ's working parts in place than ever before.
Scientists may have discovered the fossilised skull of a ‘Siberian unicorn’

For decades, scientists have estimated that the Siberian unicorn -- a long-extinct species of mammal that looked more like a rhino than a horse -- died out some 350,000 years ago, but a beautifully preserved skull found in Kazakhstan has completely overturned that assumption.
Good news for mango lovers

Wouldn't it be great if you could have a mango in deep winter? Why not any time of the year? What if it was just as yellow and luscious and fragrant as one from peak season?
Melting glaciers blamed for subtle slowing of Earth's rotation

The melting of glaciers caused by the world's rising temperatures appears to be causing a slight slowing of the Earth's rotation in another illustration of the far-reaching impact of global climate change, scientists say.
Scientists discover why Mars is losing atmosphere every second

Scientists say Mars is currently losing about one-quarter pound of atoms in its atmosphere to space every second.
Scientists reveal a bit of good news about Greenland’s great melt

Climate change is speeding up the melting of the great sheet of ice covering Greenland, a frozen mass the size of Alaska that holds an estimated 10 percent of the world’s ice and scientists are sure of it, reports news and lifestyle magazine TakePart.
Climate negotiations ‘need redesign’

The UN climate negotiations are heading for failure and need a major redesign if they are to succeed, scientists say.
First photos of water on Pluto puzzling scientists

Scientists have suspected for months the presence of water on Pluto. But it was not until recently that they had solid proof, and the discovery is raising intriguing questions about the color and location of the water ice.
Mammal species outlived the dinosaurs

Scientists have discovered a species of ancient mammal that survived the event that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
[WATCH NOW] Mammoth discovery in Michigan

Two farmers in rural Michigan have uncovered a woolly mammoth skeleton in a soybean field.
Is ancient 800-ft megatsunami wave a sign of things to come?

Scientists have found evidence off the west coast of Africa that tens of thousands of years ago a collapsing volcano sparked a megatsunami producing waves up to 800 feet high.
'Good bacteria' key to stopping asthma

Being exposed to "good bacteria" early in life could prevent asthma developing, say Canadian scientists.
Age of menopause 'controllers' found

Sections of DNA that control when women go through the menopause have been identified by scientists.
Turning cancer into healthy tissues

Scientists believe to have found a way to turn cancerous cells back into healthy tissue.
World's thinnest light bulb is here

Using graphene - an atomically thin and perfectly crystalline form of carbon - as a filament, scientists have demonstrated for the first time an on-chip visible light source.
'Largest asteroid impact area' found

Scientists in Australia discovers what they say is the largest asteroid impact area ever found
Can ultrasound fight Alzheimer's?

Scientists believe they may have found a new weapon in the fight against Alzheimer's disease -- not in the form of a drug but in focused beams of ultrasound
New AIDS drug shields monkeys: Study

Scientists say new drug tested on monkeys provided astonishingly effective shield against animal version of AIDS, major gain in the quest for an HIV vaccine
Heart of Earth's inner core revealed

Scientists say they have gained new insight into what lies at the very centre of the Earth