News

  1. Good Buzz: Tiny vibrations may limit fat-cell formation

    Mice that spend time on a mildly vibrating platform develop bone or muscle cells in preference to fat cells.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Tech

    Catch a Wave: Carbon nanotubes go wireless

    Despite all the hubbub about carbon nanotubes as possible building blocks of superstrong materials or as components of supersmall electronics, few practical applications have yet come to fruition. Integrating nanotubes into functioning electronic devices has proved especially difficult, but researchers have now built a carbon-nanotube component into a simple radio receiver. TINY RADIO. A single […]

    By Sarah Webb
  3. Paleontology

    Digging the Scene: Dinos burrowed, built dens

    Dinosaurs remains fossilized within an ancient burrow are the first indisputable evidence that some dinosaurs maintained an underground lifestyle.