News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Protein fragment halts type I diabetes

    A new protein-based drug injected into people just starting to show signs of diabetes halts the disease.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Human-cloning claim creates controversy

    A biotech company has begun cloning human embryos.

    By John Travis
  3. Astronomy

    Craft Probes Alien Planet’s Atmosphere

    Astronomers have for the first time detected the atmosphere of a planet that lies well beyond the solar system.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Health & Medicine

    Kawasaki patients show coronary calcium

    The heart attack risk associated with Kawasaki disease, a childhood inflammatory disease that can cause aneurysms, may stem from calcium build-up in coronary arteries.