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The UK Wellcome Trust is set to fund an effort, costing £5 million (US$7 million) in the first year, to sequence the genome of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) at the Sanger Centre near Cambridge. All the data will be made freely available in the public domain.
Supporters of an international agreement to combat global warming are optimistic that more talks next spring could achieve a breakthrough on the role of carbon 'sinks' — the issue that last weekend sank the latest round of climate-change negotiations in The Hague.
Planetary scientists in the United States have criticized a string of recent cancellations of missions at NASA, warning that they may put the future health of US planetary exploration at risk.
The German government has been prompted to order extensive tests on cows following the identification last week of two cases of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) in German-born cattle. Within the next few weeks it should learn whether these cases represent only the tip of an iceberg.
Small space probes can thumb a ride into space and then hurl themselves around the Solar System using orbital gymnastics — meaning that you no longer need bottomless pockets to do planetary science. Robert Adler talks to the thrifty engineers who are making it happen.
A vaccine that protects monkeys against a lethal dose of Ebola virus has been developed. But there is still a lot to learn about how this vaccine works before a version that can protect humans is available.
Superconductivity has been demonstrated at a surprisingly high temperature in a C60 solid, raising questions about its electronic properties and hopes of even higher temperatures to come.
One genetic source of the sex-specific variation in pigmentation patterns of different fruitfly species has been identified. This study illustrates the power of bringing together developmental and evolutionary biology.
Where did warmth-loving species shelter from the cold during ice ages? Genetic analyses of a coniferous tree in South America provide an unexpected answer.
Earthquakes often induce aftershocks on other faults, but the mechanisms remain elusive. An innovative analysis tells us more about the effects of dynamic stresses caused by the passage of seismic waves.
A molecule on activated T cells triggers bone loss by switching on bone-resorbing cells. Fortunately, it seems that this mechanism is kept in check by another molecule, secreted by the T cells.
