Without protein, growth is stunted, diseases are more common and early mortality is far more likely.
Scientists have confirmed that the virus causes microcephaly.
Médecins Sans Frontières chief claims the response to the catastrophe is "almost zero", with nations most concerned with self-protection.
US and Spanish scientists say they are ready to help reunite the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls with their families, free of charge.
Not only will Nasa capture an asteroid, but it will also drag it into orbit around the moon so that it can be routinely visited and studied.
The biggest, baddest space rover ever built for exploring an alien planet is nearing its August 6 landing on Mars, and Nasa is anxious for success.
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In another step toward finding planets that might hold life, the Kepler telescope has confirmed its first habitable zone outside our solar system.
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A US animal protection group has started to raise funds for a programme that will equip SA and Zimbabwe rangers with skills to better track poachers.
The discovery of a surprisingly effective "new" antibody is an exciting step forward in the hunt for a universal flu vaccine, researchers say.
Nasa is tracking a piece of Soviet space debris that could collide with the International Space Station (ISS), the US space agency said on Sunday.