News

  1. Warning issued for trauma debriefing

    Efforts to get survivors of a variety of life-threatening situations to vent their emotions in debriefing sessions may do no good, or even cause harm in some cases, a research review finds.

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  2. Warning issued for trauma debriefing

    Efforts to get survivors of a variety of life-threatening situations to vent their emotions in debriefing sessions may do no good, or even cause harm in some cases, a research review finds.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Did rivers once run on the Red Planet?

    A fan-shaped region of debris on Mars is providing new evidence that some places on the Red Planet, now bone-dry, once had long-lasting rivers or lakes.

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  4. Planetary Science

    Did rivers once run on the Red Planet?

    A fan-shaped region of debris on Mars is providing new evidence that some places on the Red Planet, now bone-dry, once had long-lasting rivers or lakes.

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  5. Tech

    Glow with the flow

    Potentially usable electricity flows when water is forced through millions of ceramic tubes thinner than a human hair.

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  6. Tech

    Glow with the flow

    Potentially usable electricity flows when water is forced through millions of ceramic tubes thinner than a human hair.

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  7. Physics

    Dune leapfrogging is deciphered

    Some wind-propelled sand dunes can pass right through each other if their relative sizes are right, new computer simulations indicate—although the sand grains of one dune don't actually penetrate through the other dune.

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  8. Physics

    Dune leapfrogging is deciphered

    Some wind-propelled sand dunes can pass right through each other if their relative sizes are right, new computer simulations indicate—although the sand grains of one dune don't actually penetrate through the other dune.

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  9. Humans

    Letters

    Letters from the Dec. 20 & 27, 2003, issue of Science News.

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  10. Humans

    Letters

    Letters from the Dec. 20 & 27, 2003, issue of Science News.

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  11. Plants

    Sweet Lurkers: Cryptic fungi protect chocolate-tree leaves

    A whole world of fungi thrives inside tree leaves without causing any harm, and researchers now say these residents may help fight disease.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Risk Profile: C-reactive protein may presage hypertension

    High concentrations of the inflammatory compound C-reactive protein may signal an elevated risk of high blood pressure.

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