News

  1. Materials Science

    Metallic materials made to order

    A new process for creating specifically patterned, three-dimensional microstructures could lead to new catalysts or optoelectronic devices.

    By
  2. Nerve cells ring in the Winter Olympics

    Scientists in Utah have sculpted living nerve cells into a microscopic version of the interlocking rings that symbolize the Olympic games.

    By
  3. Health & Medicine

    A new way to lower cholesterol

    New agents lower cholesterol in a slightly different way than do statins, the most widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs.

    By
  4. Earth

    Algae do battle with bioweaponry

    Beneath the frozen surface of Sweden's lakes, algae wage wars over nutrients, and one combatant apparently prevails by releasing chemicals toxic to its adversaries.