Black holes: Giving life as well as dealing death

Jim Black is fighting the meanest, most aggressive, most common kind of brain tumor in the United States: recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

In a paper just published , a team of University of Bristol scientists explores whether new models or concepts are needed to tackle one of the 'grand challenges' of chemical biology: understanding enzyme catalysis.

Tuberculosis patients may receive treatments in the future according to what version they have of a single 'Goldilocks' gene, says an international research team from Oxford University, King's College London, Vietnam and the USA.

Research provides insight into why some individuals with a family history of drug abuse are at higher risk of addiction.

Photovoltaic panels made from plant material could become a cheap, easy alternative to traditional solar cells. - An entirely novel approach to photovoltaics has been developed.

Having a healthy skin colour is more important in determining how attractive a man is to women than how manly they look.

Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking task of analysing individual particles of Martian soil.

University Park, Pa. - The U.S. may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest companies.

Tuberculosis patients may receive treatments in the future according to what version they have of a single ‘Goldilocks' gene, says an international research team from King's College London, Oxford University, Vietnam and the USA.

New research from The Australian National University has revealed for the first time the role large trees play in sustaining biodiversity and bird life in urban environments.