News

  1. Health & Medicine

    City size and structure may influence influenza epidemics

    The size and structure of cities helps shape the progression of new influenza cases during a flu season, a new study finds.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Planetary Science

    Saturn’s ‘ring rain’ is a surprising cocktail of chemicals

    NASA’s Cassini probe got a closeup view of the material falling from Saturn’s rings into the planet. The data could help illuminate the belts’ origins.

    By Maria Temming
  3. Chemistry

    Speeding up evolution to create useful proteins wins the chemistry Nobel

    The three winners, which include the fifth woman to win the chemistry prize, pioneered techniques used to fashion customized proteins for new biofuels and drugs.