Two bills would make it easier for those with U.S. graduate degrees to gain green cards

Recommendations will help guide U.S. plan to develop treatments by 2025

High-tech paper gets buttons

Some scientists believe the international project puts lives at risk in Naples

Opponents of genetically modified crops unclear on their plans to destroy test field of GM wheat

Humans everywhere divide the world into "us" and "them." Why are we so tribal?

Genetic analysis reveals new clues to the origin of one of our favorite fruits

Rohrabacher questions U.S. spending on projects in China

Contrary to scientists' views, MD Anderson drug discovery institute is "not a research program"

Organisms deep beneath the sea floor survive on minuscule amounts of oxygen

Lack of oxygen from disrupted rest may be to blame

Birds engage in evolutionary arms race

June 2, 2012 issue of Science News

Moon will block sun, almost, for four minutes on Sunday

Winners of the 2012 Intel ISEF show the promise of science for improving the world

By themselves, higher levels of HDL don’t explain lower cardiovascular risk

Einstein’s papers reveal a down-to-earth side. Learn about his inventions and ideas, including waterproof breathable clothes and an explanation for rivers’ meanderings. Johns Hopkins Univ., 2012,...

Two entomologists present insect essays that explore everything from insect sex to crime scene investigation. Harvard Univ., 2012, 404 p., $19.95

30Cameras carried by hand, by gliders and by the creatures themselves give readers a literal bird’s-eye view of the world. Firefly Books, 2012, 240 p., $49.95

The author tells the stories of 17 equations, from Maxwell’s equations that led to modern TV and radio to algorithms that rattled the stock market. Basic Books, 2012, 342 p., $26.99

A pharmacogenomics analysis shows how challenging it will be to associate rare variants with phenotypes.<br><br>Authors: Matthew R. Nelson, Daniel Wegmann, Margaret G. Ehm, Darren Kessner, Pamela St. Jean, Claudio Verzilli, Judong Shen, Zhengzheng Tang, Silviu-Alin Bacanu, Dana Fraser, Liling Warren, Jennifer Aponte, Matthew Zawistowski, Xiao Liu, Hao Zhang, Yong Zhang, Jun Li, Yun Li, Li Li, Peter Woollard, Simon Topp, Matthew D. Hall, Keith Nangle, Jun Wang, Gonçalo Abecasis, Lon R. Cardon, Sebastian Zöllner, John C. Whittaker, Stephanie L. Chissoe, John Novembre, Vincent Mooser

The regulation of a yeast cell-growth enzyme is dynamic rather than on-off.<br><br>Authors: Maitreyi Das, Tyler Drake, David J. Wiley, Peter Buchwald, Dimitrios Vavylonis, Fulvia Verde

Most functionally consequential variants in protein-coding genes are rare and, thus, difficult to find.<br><br>Authors: Jacob A. Tennessen, Abigail W. Bigham, Timothy D. O’Connor, Wenqing Fu, Eimear E. Kenny, Simon Gravel, Sean McGee, Ron Do, Xiaoming Liu, Goo Jun, Hyun Min Kang, Daniel Jordan, Suzanne M. Leal, Stacey Gabriel, Mark J. Rieder, Goncalo Abecasis, David Altshuler, Deborah A. Nickerson, Eric Boerwinkle, Shamil Sunyaev, Carlos D. Bustamante, Michael J. Bamshad, Joshua M. Akey, Broad GO, Seattle GO, on behalf of the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project

Analysis of lunar rocks from the Apollo missions reveals fragments from meteorites that hit the Moon in the ancient past.<br><br>Authors: Katherine H. Joy, Michael E. Zolensky, Kazuhide Nagashima, Gary R. Huss, D. Kent Ross, David S. McKay, David A. Kring

Low-energy excitations of the type present in superfluid helium are observed in a cold gas of rubidium atoms.<br><br>Authors: R. Mottl, F. Brennecke, K. Baumann, R. Landig, T. Donner, T. Esslinger

The absence of defects and surface oxides at a graphene/silicon interface enables voltage control of graphene devices.<br><br>Authors: Heejun Yang, Jinseong Heo, Seongjun Park, Hyun Jae Song, David H. Seo, Kyung-Eun Byun, Philip Kim, InKyeong Yoo, Hyun-Jong Chung, Kinam Kim

Analysis of lunar rocks from the Apollo missions reveals fragments from meteorites that hit the Moon in the ancient past.<br><br>Author: Alan E. Rubin

Mark your calendar: On Wednesday, November 8, the planet Mercury will pass directly in front the Sun.

Using electric fields, NASA-supported researchers are learning to herd microbes for the benefit of astronauts and Homeland Security.

Spacecraft and automobiles could benefit from a new NASA technology that protects the insides of scorching-hot engines.

When humans go to the Moon or Mars, they'll probably take plants with them. NASA-supported researchers are learning how greenhouses work on other planets.

NASA-supported researchers have discovered a weird new phase of matter called fermionic condensates.

NASA-supported researchers hope to improve high-precision clocks by entangling their atoms.

A new device onboard two NASA satellites could improve 3- to 12-hour forecasts of severe weather.

New membranes developed by NASA-funded researchers could help people go to Mars--and clean the air here on Earth.

New research aboard the space station aims to adapt a tried-and-true repair tool to weightlessness.

Scientists are sending unmanned aircraft into electrical storms to learn more about their mysterious inner workings.