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- Health & Medicine
Salmonella seeks sweets
A sugarlike substance in the roots of lettuce may attract food-poisoning bacteria.
By Janet Raloff -
Botanical Whales
Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too.
By Susan Milius - Agriculture
AAAS: Stress Can Make Plants More Nutritious
People who aren't veggie lovers might want to seek out types of produce that deliver an especially big nutrient bang for the gram.
By Janet Raloff - Physics
Obama pledges 3 percent of GDP for research
Pledges for big budget increases for research, permanent tax credits for reseach by industry and more were announced today.
By Janet Raloff - Chemistry
Yeast bred to bear artificial vanilla
Researchers have co-opted fungi to produce the flavor more efficiently.
- Health & Medicine
Scary data about bum medical diagnoses
Doctors' misdiagnoses are frequently misdiagnosed — at least before it's too late.
By Janet Raloff - Humans
Obama pledges 3 percent of GDP for research
BLOG: Highlights of what the president announced to the National Academy of Sciences.
By Janet Raloff -
Science needs ace communicators and politicians
In February, Alice Huang became president-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The renowned virologist began her career at Harvard in 1971, eventually becoming director of the laboratories of infectious diseases at Children’s Hospital Boston. After a stint at New York University, she moved to the California Institute of Technology in 1997 […]
By Alice Huang - Life
Heat sensors guide insects to a hot meal
Bugs home in on seeds by detecting infrared radiation.
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Insatiable Curiosity: Innovation in a Fragile Future by Helga Nowotny
Review by Elizabeth Quill.
By Science News - Health & Medicine
How the body rubs out West Nile virus
Tests in mice show how the immune system tracks down cells infected with West Nile virus, findings that might explain why some old people fare worst from the virus.
By Nathan Seppa - Astronomy
They’re calling Obama the ‘science guy’
Speakers at a science forum offered support for the thesis that researchers have found a big ally in the new president.
By Janet Raloff