News

  1. Math

    Con Artist: Scanning program can discern true art

    A new mathematical tool distills painting style into an array of statistics as a potential means to spot forgeries.

    By Erica Klarreich
  2. Astronomy

    Extrasolar Planet News: Superplanet or brown dwarf?

    New observations of an oddball planetary system 150 light-years from Earth suggest that some planets either are superheavy, more than 17 times as massive as Jupiter, or that they form from disks of gas and dust that encircle not just a single star, but two starlike objects.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Materials Science

    Transparent Transistor: See-through component for flexible displays

    Transparent transistors deposited on flexible sheets of plastic could find their way into computer displays embedded in car windshields and other curved surfaces.