News

  1. Materials Science

    Spring in your step? The forces in cartilage

    Researchers are uncovering the role of molecular forces in cartilage's ability to resist compression.

    By Jessica Gorman
  2. Health & Medicine

    Appetite-suppressing drug burns fat, too

    An experimental drug seems to assail obesity through dual biological actions.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Chemistry

    Ions on the Move: Theory of hydroxide’s motion overturned

    New computer calculations reveal that a long-held belief about the hydroxide ion's movement in water is wrong.

    By Jessica Gorman
  4. Health & Medicine

    Diabetes problems aren’t just old news

    Children who developed a type of diabetes that normally occurs only in adults suffer kidney failure, miscarriages, and death in their 20s.