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Treatment helps paralyzed rats walk Combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and therapy restores lost connections Web edition : Thursday, May 31st, 2012 Scientists have trained paralyzed rats to walk, run and even climb stairs. Weeks of rigorous practice coupled with an electrochemical spine-stimulating regimen allowed the animals to overcome devastating spinal cord injuries that immobilized their rear legs, Swiss scientists report in the June 1 Science.

In the 30-year battle waged since the initiation of the "war on cancer," there have been substantial victories, with cures for childhood malignancies among the most important. Our ever-expanding understanding of cellular and molecular biology has provided substantial insights into the molecular underpinnings of the spectrum of diseases we call cancer.

This page is talking about how scientist may be able to track where you have been by your hair samples. 

this is an article about how performing experiments on mice help understand why migraines effect women more. they have found that by injecting the mice with a certain hormone found commonly in women, the mice have showed the same behaviors as women do who have severe migraines. ultimately this experiment will help doctors/ scientist further understand women and migraines

A strange study with unusual results.

Very Interesting what is the meaning of the story i get it but whyy ??

Scientists make a star.

Did you watch this video to the end? I had trouble doing that. But I don't think they really made a star, they are modeling how stars form. So, the created a "virtual' star. This video is so badly done, it is funny. You should show it to the group.

Human infants start life with ape-like brains. Now scientists are saying that the parts of the brain that develop the most during childhood are the exact same parts that changed most dramatically when apes evolved into humans.

Telepathy may be possible via fMRI.

When volcanoes erupt, they can release ash, chunks of rock and torrents of lava. Now scientists have found that eruptions also can spew massive amounts of a chemical called bromine. This gas helps destroy the ozone layer, a segment of the upper atmosphere that protects life on Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.

Flying predators probably gobbled up the biggest of the large flying insects 150 million years ago About 300 million years ago, long before the first dinosaurs appeared, a different type of oversized critter inhabited Earth: giant insects. Scientists suspect bugs grew bigger then because the atmosphere contained more oxygen than it does now.

If aliens ever sent us a message, scientists hope to pick it up in a remote part of northern California. There, in a clearing nestled amid the volcanoes of the Cascade Range, 42 radio dishes point together at the sky. The dishes, each 20 feet across, form a single, giant scientific instrument called the Allen Telescope Array.

It's a bit unnerving that Scott O'Neill bursts out laughing at the basic premise behind the story you are beginning to read. He is dean of the science faculty at Monash University in Australia and lead scientist for research on developing bacteria-infected mosquitoes as a public health tool.

Recent reports that two teams of scientists had genetically altered a deadly virus to make it more contagious have provoked fear, even outrage, in some quarters. Biosecurity advisers to the American government, which paid for the research, have urged that full details not be published for fear that terrorists could make use of them.

Stronger storms may destroy ozone Extra water vapor up high coul trigger destructive chemical reactions Web edition : Thursday, July 26th, 2012 Climate change may spur the destruction of ozone in unexpected parts of the globe. In a warming world, many scientists believe, severe weather will become more common.

Ecstasy may cause memory problems Club drug's effects documented in new users Web edition : Thursday, July 26th, 2012 Light use of the club drug Ecstasy may cause subtle memory deficits. People who popped just three Ecstasy tablets a month over the course of a year saw their memory slip on a laboratory test, scientists report online July 25 in Addiction.

Predator plants may cut back on flies if they can access key nutrients elsewhere, according to research. Scientists studying carnivorous sundew plants in Swedish bogs found that nitrogen deposition from rain reduced how many insects the plants trapped. Pollution from transport and industry causes nitrogen-rich rain, meaning more reaches the ground in some areas.