News

  1. Psychology

    Light found in cocaine addiction tunnel

    Using lasers, scientists target a sluggish set of neurons in rats to ease drug compulsion.

    By Puneet Kollipara
  2. Health & Medicine

    Alzheimer’s plaque components fight inflammation

    In mice, bits of proteins can treat condition resembling multiple sclerosis.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Physics

    Cosmic ray detector confirms hints of dark matter

    Space station-based instrument records high amount of antimatter seen in earlier experiments.

    By Andrew Grant
  4. Earth

    How the West was done

    The tectonic history of North America’s Pacific Rim gets even more jumbled.

    By Erin Wayman
  5. Humans

    Obama unveils brain science program

    Initiative would develop tools to measure coordinated neuron activity.