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6,260 results for: Virus

  1. The Sopranos with feathers

    Stories from a day of bird searching.

    By Susan Milius

  2. We, robot: What real-life machines can and can’t do

    As director of the Maryland Robotics Center, Satyandra Gupta oversees 25 faculty members working on all things robotic: snake-inspired robots, robotic swarms, minirobots for medicine and robots for exploring extreme environments on land, under the sea and in outer space. In September the Center hosted its first Robotics Day; afterward, Gupta talked robots with Science […]

    By Satyandra Gupta
  3. Humans

    Numbers suggest mating with humans might have led to Neandertals’ demise

    By Matt Crenson
  4. Health & Medicine

    Digestive Disease meeting

    Obesity therapy for toddlers, plus digestive issues in athletes, carbs during pregnancy and more from Digestive Disease week 2011.

    By Nathan Seppa

  5. Crushing Cancer’s Defenses

    Vaccine approval offers hope while other armies muster.

    By Daniel Strain
  6. Humans

    Humans

    A child’s remains reveal early North American life, plus ancient canines and convincing metaphors in this week’s news.

    By Science News
  7. Life

    Tasmanian devil genomes offer some hope, few answers

    While clues to combating the infectious cancer that's threatening the species remain elusive, the completion of two genetic blueprints reveals a low but stable genetic diversity.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  8. Life

    New genetic blueprint for bloodsuckers

    Mosquito genome number three could lead to new pesticides to fight the adaptable pests.

    By Gwyneth Dickey
  9. Health & Medicine

    Beneficial bacteria may protect babies from HIV

    No one argues that when it comes to feeding baby, mom’s milk is best. But mothers infected with HIV, the AIDS virus, face a dilemma: Because some of their virus can be shed in breast milk, babies risk becoming infected as they drink it. Two research teams are now investigating a germ-warfare strategy to treat such vulnerable infants.

    By Janet Raloff
  10. Ecosystems

    Honeybee death mystery deepens

    Government scientists link colony collapse disorder to mix of fungal and viral infections.

    By Eva Emerson
  11. Humans

    Pre-chewed baby food common in HIV-positive households, study suggests

    Here’s a particularly disturbing stat: 31 percent of babies in households where the mom is HIV-positive get at least some pre-chewed food. In most cases the surveyed caregivers who reported doing that pre-chewing were the infected moms.

    By Janet Raloff
  12. Health & Medicine

    Existing antibiotic might help keep wraps on AIDS virus

    The acne drug minocycline inhibits HIV activation in infected immune cells, lab tests show.

    By Nathan Seppa