News

  1. Earth

    Tiny minerals may have shaped Earth’s first plate boundaries

    Simulations link weakened rock minerals to the origin of plate tectonics on Earth.

    By Naomi Lubick
  2. Genetics

    Bank voles provide clue to prion disease susceptibility

    A protein from bank voles makes mice susceptible to disorders that wouldn’t otherwise infect them.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Planetary Science

    Subsurface sea hides below ice of Saturn moon

    Astronomers add to evidence for a subsurface ocean on Enceladus using subtle variations in the moon’s gravity.

    By Christopher Crockett
  4. Neuroscience

    Paralyzed mouse legs move with burst of light

    Neural patch makes leg muscles twitch in paralyzed mice when blue light shines.