News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Appetite-suppressing drug burns fat, too

    An experimental drug seems to assail obesity through dual biological actions.

    By Ben Harder
  2. Chemistry

    Ions on the Move: Theory of hydroxide’s motion overturned

    New computer calculations reveal that a long-held belief about the hydroxide ion's movement in water is wrong.

    By Jessica Gorman
  3. Health & Medicine

    Diabetes problems aren’t just old news

    Children who developed a type of diabetes that normally occurs only in adults suffer kidney failure, miscarriages, and death in their 20s.

    By Damaris Christensen
  4. Health & Medicine

    Autopsies suggest insulin is underused

    Autopsy studies indicate that the insulin-producing cells of people with type II diabetes are damaged.