Scientists recreate red tide toxins
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Researchers have finally confirmed a 20-year-old theory about how the red tide algae produce their toxins.
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WALNUT CREEK, CA--The first genetic instruction manual of a diatom, from a family of microscopic ocean algae that are among the Earth&#39;s most prolific carbon dioxide assimilators, has yielded important insights on how the creature uses nitrogen, fats, and
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Researchers look to the shark's primitive immune system for better diagnostics and drugs.
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Scientists in Hong Kong said on  Tuesday they had devised a new way to identify chemicals that  can counter new and dangerous viruses, such as SARS, and these  chemicals may be developed into drugs.
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CHEMICALS in a Victorian seaweed could shut down bacteria that cause golden staph and cholera. The chemicals in seaweed Delisea pulchra, known as furanones, do not kill the bacteria but shut off the ability for the bacteria to send signals to each other.
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Scientists recently returned from a deep-ocean expedition say they are a step closer to understanding how life thrives around cracks spewing scalding water at the bottom of the ocean.
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The genetic map of a type of teeny-weeny ocean algae could have a big impact on how scientists try to protect the Earth&#39;s oceans from greenhouse gases.
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The discovery of florescent proteins in corals and sea anemones has provided new tools to researchers studying AIDS, cancer, and other diseases.
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Scientists are testing seasickness patches and other surprising options in a challenging search for new ways to treat the crushing depression and uncontrolled mania of bipolar disorder.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Sep. 23--ANNA MARIA ISLAND -- The barrier islands have been spared another week of the unbearable effects of red tide.
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A team of Irish scientists develops a strain of bacteria that can convert a toxic byproduct of the Styrofoam manufacturing process into biodegradable plastic. By Rowan Hooper.
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Scientists have created a synthetic drug  which could offer new hope in the fight against malaria.
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The government will begin issuing forecasts Friday of red tides &#151; harmful blooms of algae &#151; in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Scientists are trying to determine why venomous lionfish are appearing in Long IslandÂs waters. The Pacific Ocean natives could pose a threat to the habitat.
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A team of scientists in Glasgow say they have devised a new method of attacking cancer cells.
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Scientists have reengineered cottonseed, adding to hopes of turning more poisonous plants into human food.
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Researchers say they have found a way to reverse resistance to one of the most effective anti-cancer drugs.