News

  1. Psychology

    With a tap on the back, researchers create ghostly sensation

    Experimentally induced illusion probes supernatural experiences, hallucinations.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Materials Science

    Batteries become safe to swallow with spongy covering

    Quantum-inspired coating switches from a conductor to an insulator to prevent injury from swallowed batteries.

    By Beth Mole
  3. Materials Science

    ‘Impermeable’ graphene yields to protons

    Graphene sheets, impermeable to all atoms and molecules, can be penetrated by protons, new study shows.

    By Andrew Grant
  4. Astronomy

    Nearly starless galaxies found in nearby cluster

    Astronomers have found 47 galaxies with relatively few stars, something not predicted by any galaxy formation theories.

    By Christopher Crockett
  5. Genetics

    Genes influence Ebola’s impact

    A study in a diverse strain of mice shows how the effect of an Ebola infection can depend on genes.