News
- Life
Seeing, feeling have something in common
A protein needed for eye development is also involved in detecting vibrations.
- Earth
Natural gas wells leakier than believed
Measurements at Colorado site show methane releases are twice as high as previously estimated.
- Physics
Crystals may be possible in time as well as space
A theory proposes that objects in their lowest energy state can loop through the fourth dimension forever, much as atoms arrange themselves periodically in matter.
- Life
Yeast find use for misfolded proteins
Protein bundles may help single-celled organisms adapt to difficult environmental conditions.
- Space
Visible echoes reprise 19th century spectacle
By capturing light that arrived from a stellar eruption more than 150 years ago, astronomers gain clues to its cause.
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- Health & Medicine
Antibiotic fails sinus infection test
Treatment with amoxicillin provided little benefit over placebo, a new study finds.
- Humans
Despite lean times, Obama wants R&D hikes
The proposed federal budget would stall nonmandated spending overall, but science and tech would climb.
- Humans
Food exports can drain arid regions
Many dry regions ‘export’ large amounts of water in the form of agricultural products.
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- Health & Medicine
Just two cells to make memories last
A pair of neurons in fly's brain is essential to long-term information storage and retrieval.
- Psychology
Vodka delivers shot of creativity
Alcohol intoxication raises men’s performance on a test of verbal ingenuity.
