News

  1. Materials Science

    A Soft Touch: Imaging technique reveals hidden atoms

    Researchers have devised a new imaging technique for visualizing every carbon atom in the basic unit of graphite.

    By Alexandra Goho

  2. Letting the Dog Genome Out: Poodle DNA compared with that of mice, people

    Biologists have deciphered the DNA sequence of a poodle, an accomplishment that may help researchers study more than 300 human diseases that also affect dogs.

    By John Travis

  3. Faulty Memory: Long-term immunity isn’t always beneficial

    Quickly losing immune-system defenses against some viruses may protect humans from far nastier bugs, a mathematical model suggests.

    By Erica Klarreich
  4. Planetary Science

    Galileo’s Demise: A planetary plunge, by Jove

    Out of fuel and according to plan, the Galileo spacecraft ended an 8-year tour of Jupiter and its moons on Sept.