News

  1. Humans

    News In Brief: Lipstick smudges reveal their identity

    Raman spectroscopy allows forensics researchers to distinguish among dozens of lipsticks.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Health & Medicine

    Mouse brain cells live long and prosper

    Mouse neurons live twice as long as usual when transplanted into rat brain, suggesting that brain deterioration may not necessarily accompany long life.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Health & Medicine

    Tracing pollution links to asthma, allergy

    Excessive exposure to air high in diesel exhaust and wood smoke is tied to disabled immune-regulating cells in children.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Earth

    Moderate climate warming could melt permafrost

    Ancient cave formations in Siberia reveal effects of warmer past on frozen ground.