News

  1. Life

    Whipping fluids along in microlabs

    Researchers have detailed one way for hairlike structures to drive liquid in a "lab on a chip."

    By Patrick Barry
  2. Space

    Big black holes may not stop star birth

    New study suggests models may have given these supermassive beasts too much credit.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Health & Medicine

    Excess blood sugar could harm cognition

    Chronically high blood sugar levels in elderly people with diabetes seem to contribute to worsened cognitive function, a study shows.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Life

    Serotonin turns shy locusts into cereal killers

    Serotonin can turn solitary locusts into swarming biblical-scale crop destroyers.