News
- Earth
Floodwaters may trigger fault motion
In sediments under California’s Salton Sea, geologists find evidence for a natural disaster one-two punch.
- Health & Medicine
Snakebite treatment buys time
An ointment that slows the transport of venom from the bite site to the vital organs could keep victims alive long enough to reach medical care.
- Tech
Batteries not included
Researchers have developed a sensor that, when flexed, generates enough charge to send wireless signals.
- Psychology
Math disability tied to bad number sense
Children who don’t grasp arithmetic at all, unlike below-average students, have little feel for estimating quantities.
- Physics
New data zap views of static electricity
Materials appear to build up charge by exchanging tiny bits of material, a study concludes.
- Life
Blue light used to treat diabetes
Illumination triggers control of blood sugar in mice implanted with engineered human cells.
- Space
Spacecraft goes from crash landing to mission accomplished
The wreckage of the Genesis probe yields a bonanza of discoveries about conditions in the early solar system.
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- Paleontology
Big dinosaurs kept their cool
Body temperature of long-gone beasts resembled that of mammals, study of fossil teeth suggests.
- Health & Medicine
Food choices matter in weight control
Potatoes and sugary soft drinks add pounds, a long-term analysis shows; fruit, yogurt and nuts help shed them.
- Life
Multicellular life arises in a test tube
A yeast experiment recapitulates a major early milestone in the history of life.
- Space
NASA spacecraft puts moon in new focus
Images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show fine details of the lunar surface.
