News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Some HIV patients getting transplants

    Organ transplants succeed in some HIV-infected people, spurring further research into this practice.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Anti-HIV mutation poses hepatitis risk

    A genetic mutation that protects people from AIDS may also make them susceptible to hepatitis C.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Physics

    Lasers nudge into nuclear medicine

    Using a tabletop laser, researchers produced a medically useful isotope usually made in warehouse-size particle accelerators called cyclotrons.

    By Peter Weiss
  4. Physics

    Muffled shots tell a lot about snow

    A snowfield muffles gunshots in a way that can now be used to reveal important traits of the snow.