News

  1. Materials Science

    Spinning Fine Threads: Silkworms coerced to make better silk

    The caterpillars that spin commercial silk can make tougher or more elastic threads, depending on how fast they're forced to spin.

    By Jessica Gorman
  2. Ecosystems

    Tougher Weeds? Borrowed gene helps wild sunflower

    Feeding concerns about developing superweeds, a test of sunflowers shows for the first time that a biologically engineered gene moving from a crop can give an advantage to wild relatives under naturalistic conditions.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Health & Medicine

    Toxin Trumped: New malaria vaccine protects mice

    An experimental vaccine neutralizes a toxic molecule made by malaria-causing parasites.

    By John Travis
  4. Physics

    Scaling energy barriers to save data

    Researchers demonstrate a promising new way to make semiconductor-based memory that doesn't erase when the power goes off.