Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences News

Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences News.

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  Evolution in Motion: New Species Develops

  By David Bois | Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:15 PM ET

  Now lookie here: evolution unfolds before our very eyes. Read More

  More like this in: Charles Darwin, Galapagos Islands, Science, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  Naked Mole Rat Gives Cancer a Dressing-Down

  By David Bois | Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  of beauty. As reported by PhysOrg.com, an important set of biochemical findings that involves the naked mole rat has recently been published in the Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences. This strange and unseemly rodent, it seems, has an evolutionary trick up its hairless sleeve tha Read More

  More like this in: Science, Physorg.com, Genetics, National Academy of Sciences, University of Rochester, Science, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  Culture, Not Genes, Help Us Give Unto Others

  By John Casey | Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  Scientists say helping behavior among strangers appears to be a product of culture more than genetics, according to an article in the most recent Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences by Adrian V. Bell and colleagues from the University of California, Davis."Altruism has perplexe Read More

  More like this in: National Science Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, University of California, Davis, Science, Social Responsibility, Life Sciences, Volunteerism, Activism, Development
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  Science Asks of Champagne: Are the Bubbles Merely Fun? Why, No!

  By David Bois | Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:25 PM ET

  as quickly, a froth of debate has spilled over. Gerard Liger-Belair of Reims University in France, whose findings are currently published by the Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), collected bubble samples from champagne and submitted them to chemical analysis by mas Read More

  More like this in: Science, Wine, France, National Academy of Sciences, Science, Life & Style, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences, Food & Drink
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  Malaria Vaccine Set to Begin Human Trials

  By John Casey | Fri Aug 7, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  modifying the parasite and thereby preventing its invasion of red blood cells." An article on the development appears in the current issue of the Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences USA. The new vaccine uses techniques that have been successful in curbing other disease lik Read More

  More like this in: Science, Malaria, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), University of Maryland, National Academy of Sciences, Biomedical Research, Technology, Science, Tech Does Good, Cutting-edge, Green Tech, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences