News in Brief

  1. Materials Science

    Stretchy fiber lets electrons flow

    Folded layers of carbon nanotubes allow an elastic fiber to conduct electrical current when stretched.

    By Andrew Grant
  2. Space

    Search for E.T. gets financial boost

    Search for extraterrestrial intelligence gets a $100 million donation from a Russian entrepreneur.

    By Christopher Crockett
  3. Planetary Science

    Latest dispatch from Pluto reveals frozen plains, icy hills and more

    Polygon plains, windswept hydrocarbons, and more moons were tantalizing details revealed about Pluto in the latest data from New Horizons.

    By Christopher Crockett
  4. Neuroscience

    How screams shatter the brain

    The acoustical properties of screams make them hard to ignore, a new study suggests.