News

  1. Life

    Solving the mystery of Alzheimer’s start

    Molecular evildoers team up to launch neural destruction.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Chemistry

    Salt spices up chemistry

    Hot, compressed sodium chloride stretches the fundamental rules of matter.

    By Beth Mole
  3. Planetary Science

    Exoplanet mass revealed in light

    A new method could help identify habitable planets.

    By Andrew Grant
  4. Neuroscience

    Narcolepsy may be an autoimmune disease

    Narcolepsy occurs when wayward immune forces launch an attack on brain cells responsible for wakefulness, a new study suggests.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Planetary Science

    Sinkholes, tectonics may have shaped Titan’s lakes and seas

    A map of Saturn’s largest moon reveals clues about the object's landscape.