News

  1. Life

    Seeing, feeling have something in common

    A protein needed for eye development is also involved in detecting vibrations.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Earth

    Natural gas wells leakier than believed

    Measurements at Colorado site show methane releases are twice as high as previously estimated.

    By Devin Powell
  3. Physics

    Crystals may be possible in time as well as space

    A theory proposes that objects in their lowest energy state can loop through the fourth dimension forever, much as atoms arrange themselves periodically in matter.

    By Alexandra Witze
  4. Life

    Yeast find use for misfolded proteins

    Protein bundles may help single-celled organisms adapt to difficult environmental conditions.