Behind A Mushroom Scourge
Scientists search for the compounds responsible for unexplained deaths

Famed Materials Scientist Charged With Grant Fraud
Craig Grimes is accused of misusing $3 million in federal research funds

Lawmaker Questions ACS Journal Editor
Congress: Harris seeks defense of 2010 editorial on hydraulic fracturing

Nanoparticle Catalysts That Rest On Graphene
Fuel-Cell Catalysis: A single layer of bimetallic nanoparticles on graphene speeds oxygen reduction

Chemical Double Act Triggers Spreading Of Spores
Microbiology: Together, two molecules help fungi figure out when to release spores

Hearing metaphors activates brain regions involved in sensory experience
(Emory University) New brain imaging research reveals that a region of the brain important for sensing texture through touch, the parietal operculum, is also activated when someone li...

AFER announces 2011 Genentech Fellowship recipients
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) ARVO Foundation for Eye Research congratulates the first AFER/Genentech Age-related macular Degeneration Fellowship recipients -...

Fellowships to assist 9 UC Riverside students secure doctoral degrees
(University of California - Riverside) The University of California, Riverside has awarded nine first-year graduate students an annual stipend of $30,000 for two years to increase und...

Batchelor Foundation challenge grant to support helicopter purchase
(University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) The University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science announced that it has received a ch...

New technology to tackle treatment-resistant cancers
(Institute of Physics) Free-flowing cancer cells have been mapped with unprecedented accuracy in the bloodstream of patients with prostate, breast and pancreatic cancer, using a brand...