News

  1. Life

    Microbes’ role in truffle scents not trifling

    Truffles make their prized aroma with a little help from their microbes, chemists suggest.

    By Beth Mole
  2. Life

    Laser light made inside cells

    Microscopic beads and oil droplets become lasers when implanted into cells.

    By Andrew Grant
  3. Physics

    Revamping the metric measure of mass

    The units of the metric system are on track for a 2018 makeover.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  4. Planetary Science

    Pluto’s icy landscape comes into view

    The New Horizons flyby reveals varied terrain and evidence of active geology on Pluto.

    By Christopher Crockett
  5. Planetary Science

    Ice flows, haze offer more clues to Pluto’s geology

    New Horizons’ latest data reveal more hints about Pluto’s shrinking atmosphere and possible underground ocean.