Washington, Dec 13: Researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have shed light on the beauty of nature by explaining the mechanism behind the uniformity of leaf and flower size in individual p

Washington, Dec 13: A new research has indicated that sea surface temperatures in one section of the Arctic Ocean have risen up to 5 degree Celsius above average, due to the effects of global warmi

London, Dec 13: A team of researchers including an Indian scientist have identified the chemical switch that facilitates the genetic mechanism controlling human body’s circadian rhythms or the internal body clock.

The findings by the researchers at University of California, Irvine, have discovered the precise information regarding the body’s circadian rhythms till date and this would specifically lead to a new pharmaceutical approach for sleep disorder treatments.

The study was authored by Paolo Sassone-Corsi, distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmacology and Saurabh Sahar, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, UC.

It was discovered that the genes controlling circadian rhythms were stimulated by a single amino acid.

Washington, Dec 13: World experts in iodine de

Washington, Dec 13: Friends, siblings and spouses are more likely to agree on the attractiveness of your face than strangers, says a study.

Washington, Dec 13: Researchers have developed a process by which crude oil in oil deposits around the world is naturally broken down by microbes into gas.