News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Newly discovered antibodies may boost AIDS vaccine research

    Inducing production of these potent HIV neutralizers will pose a challenge.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Life

    Fertilizing future brain cells

    A new compound helps newborn neurons grow up.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Health & Medicine

    Fish oil may fight breast cancer

    Other popular dietary supplements fail to show protection, a large study shows.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Space

    The incredible shrinking proton

    If the subatomic particle really is smaller than thought, a cherished theory may need tweaking.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  5. Earth

    Africa’s bumper crop of dust

    Seafloor sediments show that agriculture has greatly boosted airborne dust in the last two centuries.