News
- Chemistry
Deadly mushroom toxin exposed
Researchers have isolated and identified a muscle-destroying compound in some mushrooms.
- Earth
Phytoliths as climate clues
Tiny silica plant structures from soil could track temperature changes.
- Earth
Bricks, mortar and magnetism
Medieval French castle, churches yield new data about Earth’s changing magnetic field.
- Life
Four marmosets are first transgenic primates
Scientists in Japan have successfully introduced a foreign gene into a primate species for the first time, opening a new avenue for modeling human diseases, particularly brain disorders.
- Chemistry
Not your grandpa’s smoke signals
A fuse dotted with chemicals offers a new way to code messages.
