News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Hepatitis B vaccine linked to MS

    People who develop multiple sclerosis are more likely than others to have received a hepatitis B vaccination in recent years.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Materials Science

    Heat-controlled implant delivers insulin on demand

    The field of drug delivery is literally heating up, with the development of a new polymer implant that releases insulin in response to changes in temperature.

    By Alexandra Goho
  3. Health & Medicine

    Motor Ways: Gene mutation impairs muscle coordination

    Scientists have identified a gene mutation that appears to cause the motor impairment that occurs in a rare disorder called Joubert syndrome.

    By Diana Parsell
  4. Animals

    Pirates of the Amphibian: Males fertilize eggs of another guy’s gal

    For the first time among amphibians, scientists have found frogs that sneak their sperm onto egg clutches left by another mating pair.