News

Earth

Venice falling

Compacting soil means the flood-prone city continues to sink.

Physics

Order from disorder

Collective motion emerges spontaneously in wiggling protein strands.

Life

The farther the better for corals after oil spill

Deepwater organisms may be slow to recover from Gulf accident.

Chemistry

Protons on the move find novel molecular route

Hydrogen bonds aren’t the only means of proton travel to another molecule, a study finds.

Health & Medicine

Fatty diet leads to fat-loving brain cells

A study in mice links a high-fat diet to changes in the brain that might encourage weight gain.