News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Shots stop allergic reactions to venom

    An immune therapy prevents allergic reactions to the sting of the jack jumper ant, a pest common to Australia.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Physics

    Light rambles through room-temperature ruby

    Researchers have dramatically slowed light within a solid at room temperature.

    By Peter Weiss
  3. Tech

    Liberty’s smooth move

    Sensors clamped to the Liberty Bell's crack show that it could handle the stress of a move.

    By Jessica Gorman

  4. Putting Out the Welcome Mat: Chemical guides germ cells to gonads

    A chemical made in the gonads attracts the embryonic cells that will one day form eggs or sperm.