News in Brief
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- Paleontology
Lizard king thrived in ancient warm climate
The herbivorous reptile of 40 million years ago was around 2 meters long.
- Animals
Frog long thought extinct rediscovered in Israel
Hula painted frog turns out to be the only surviving member of an extinct genus.
- Humans
Couples who meet online have fine marriages
Relationship satisfaction for Internet daters is similar to that of people who find potential partners in more traditional ways.
- Health & Medicine
Easy steps limit antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals
Intensive care units that bathe patients and take other precautions have fewer cases of staph, a study finds.
- Health & Medicine
Cancer drug damages mouse hearts by slaying helpful cells
Explanation for side effect in people could provide way to avoid it.
- Health & Medicine
Underactive thyroid ups pregnancy risks
Several complications are more common in women with the condition, including gestational diabetes and cesarean births.
- Plants
Giant genomes felled by DNA sequencing advances
Complete genetic blueprints have been collected for several conifer species.
- Life
Analog circuits boost power in living computers
New cell-based computers do division and logarithms more like a slide rule than a laptop.
- Humans
Highlights from the Biology of Genomes meeting
Highlights from the genome biology meeting held May 7-11 in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., include an enormous tree's enormous genome, genes for strong-swimming sperm, and back-to-Africa migration some 3,000 years ago.
- Chemistry
Microsculptures made easy
Minerals assemble on demand into tiny, complex shapes like tiny flowers.
