News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Brain at the breaking point

    New research, showing how stresses can snap tiny tracks inside brain connections, may improve understanding of traumatic brain injury.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Health & Medicine

    Dolphins may offer clues to treating diabetes

    Insulin-resistance switch helps maintain glucose levels in dolphin brains, suggesting possible clues to treating diabetes in people.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Health & Medicine

    Tumor tracking gets personal

    A new method has the potential to use genome science to improve cancer care.

    By Eva Emerson
  4. Space

    Study raises questions about supernova origins

    X-ray observations of the explosions could shift measurements of the mysterious entity known as dark energy.