News

  1. Earth

    Shake Down: Deep tremors observed at San Andreas fault

    Patterns of activity for a type of tremor that occurs deep beneath California's San Andreas fault may offer scientists a way to foretell earthquake activity there.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Materials Science

    Sweet Glow: Nanotube sensor brightens path to glucose detection

    An implantable glucose sensor based on carbon nanotubes could allow patients with diabetes to monitor their blood sugar levels without the need for daily pinprick tests.

    By Alexandra Goho
  3. Health & Medicine

    Male contraceptive shows promise in monkeys

    A shot that primes the immune system against a sperm protein might be the next male contraceptive.

    By Christen Brownlee
  4. Anthropology

    Fossil ape makes evolutionary debut

    Newly discovered fossils from an ape that lived in what's now northeastern Spain around 13 million years ago may hold clues to the evolutionary roots of living apes and people.