News

  1. Chemistry

    Sweet tooth is in the genes

    Taste researchers have narrowed the search for the sweet tooth gene, at least in mice, to a 100-gene region.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Chemistry

    Birth control for male cockroaches

    Scientists have discovered a gene in German cockroaches that may lead to a new type of insect control—contraception for male cockroaches.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Chemistry

    Coming up roses in scent research

    Aroma chemists have discovered a carotenoid-processing enzyme that makes the chemicals that give rose oil its smell.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  4. Milestones for Malaria: Parasite, mosquito genes decoded

    Unraveling the DNA of a malaria-causing parasite and of a mosquito that carries it may suggest new ways to combat the deadly disease.