News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Statins versus dementia

    Statins, developed to fight cholesterol, may also prevent some dementia, a study of older Hispanics finds.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Computing

    Building ‘The Matrix’

    Simulating new materials could help in building them — but only quantum simulators could fully model reality. A team reports a first step in realizing quantum simulation.

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  3. Health & Medicine

    A chink in flu’s armor

    Finding the shape of a protein that enables the flu virus to replicate points to ways to combat the disease.

    By Patrick Barry
  4. Ecosystems

    Nomadic ants hunt mushrooms

    A species of ants not well understood surprises researchers with a nomadic lifestyle, roaming the rainforest on fungal forays.