News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Coconspirator? Genital herpes linked to cervical cancer

    Having a genital herpes infection doubles the risk of cervical cancer among women who have human papillomavirus.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Astronomy

    Neutron Star Stuff: Just neutrons, no quarks

    A new study suggests that although neutron stars may be weird, they’re not strange.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Tech

    Nanotech Switch: Strategy controls minuscule motor

    Researchers have modified a rotating protein fragment so that it starts and stops spinning with the addition and removal of zinc.

    By Jessica Gorman
  4. Earth

    Wildfire Below: Smoldering peat disgorges huge volumes of carbon

    Set alight by wildfires, thick beds of decaying tropical plant matter can pump massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, rivaling those produced globally each year from the combustion of fossil fuels.