News

  1. Finding a face place in monkeys’ brains

    Monkeys recognize a wide variety of faces thanks to a brain area that specializes in face perception.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Tech

    Virus has the Midas touch

    Researchers have recruited a stringlike virus to carry nanoscale loads of gold that could serve as imaging agents in cancer diagnosis.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  3. Earth

    Prions’ dirty little secret

    The malformed proteins responsible for mad cow disease bind tightly to clay, a finding that points to farm soil as a potential long-term reservoir for these infective agents.

    By Janet Raloff

  4. Depression’s rebirth in pregnant women

    Expectant mothers who temporarily stop taking their antidepressant medication stand a good chance of sinking back into depression while pregnant.