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Soil microbes play role in increasing rate of climate change

Last Updated: Friday, April 25, 2014, 10:34

Researchers have found increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause soil microbes to produce more carbon dioxide, accelerating climate change.

Genetic code of bloodsucking tsetse fly cracked

Last Updated: Friday, April 25, 2014, 09:33

Scientists said today that they have cracked the genetic code of the tsetse fly, potentially helping to tackle one of sub-Saharan Africa`s most devastating livestock diseases as well as human sleeping sickness.

Microbes help understand evolution of human language

Last Updated: Thursday, April 24, 2014, 19:40

Researchers have discovered how a species of pond life communicates, providing insight into the evolution of human language.

How Australian camels turned into `humped pests`

Last Updated: Thursday, April 24, 2014, 19:30

The once useful Australian camels that helped the country establish its modern infrastructure are now regarded as "humped pests" and culled on a large scale, says a study.

Bacterial communication similar to that of humans!

Last Updated: Thursday, April 24, 2014, 19:22

A bacteria can be as sophisticated as humans when it comes to communication as researchers have now found that bacteria communicates in a way that was previously thought to be unique to humans.

British fund to boost science research in developing world

Last Updated: Thursday, April 24, 2014, 19:19

In a major boost to science and technology research in developing countries, including India, the British government has launched a five-year, $630 million fund to support science and innovation partnerships with researchers that will focus on economic development.

Indian-origin researcher develops soap bubbles that deliver information

Last Updated: Friday, April 25, 2014, 00:52

Researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist have created a multi-sensory technology called SensaBubble that creates soap bubbles, which can have images projected onto them or release a scent when they are burst.

Y chromosome was born 180 million years ago: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, April 24, 2014, 12:47

Ever thought even in your wildest dream that a very, very long time ago, the X and Y chromosomes were identical, until the Y started to differentiate from the X in males? Read on.

`Finicky` cats` diet led to their mass extinction 12,000 years ago

Last Updated: Thursday, April 24, 2014, 12:06

A new study on prehistoric big cats suggests that finicky eaters usually do not survive mass extinction events.

Men at no imminent threat of extinction

Last Updated: Thursday, April 24, 2014, 11:55

Researchers have said that the human Y chromosome has over the course of millions of years of evolution managed to preserve a small set of genes that has ensured not only its own survival but also the survival of men.