News

  1. Earth

    Goo gives eels just the right buoyancy

    Scientists survey the specific gravity of 25 marine critters.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Health & Medicine

    Scientists find a soup of suspects while probing milk’s link to cancer

    Latest studies focus on estrogens, androgens and IGF-1.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Planetary Science

    Seeing the future hot spells

    Satellite data could help scientists better predict killer heat waves, such as the one that hit Europe in 2003.

    By Sid Perkins
  4. Computing

    New circuits feed on noise

    New digital circuits work well in buzzing environments.

    By Solmaz Barazesh
  5. Chemistry

    Light could heal materials

    Scientists have created a new material that repairs itself when exposed to ultraviolet light.