The Independent US biotech giant guilty of poisoning French farmer Wed 15 Feb 2012 | A court in Lyon decided the agro-business multinational had ruined the health of Paul François, 47, a cereal farmer from western France who accidentally inhaled fumes from its Lasso weed-killer in ... (photo: AP / James A. Finley)
PhysOrg Researchers induce freezing tolerance in fruit fly Tue 14 Feb 2012 | Insects that are able to withstand being frozen rely on one of two techniques. They either secrete substances that allow them to control the process of freezing, or they build up proteins that serve... (photo: Creative Commons / Forest & Kim Starr)