News

  1. Planetary Science

    Jovian storm grows stormier

    Jupiter's Little Red Spot has become as strong as its big brother.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Chemistry

    Unnatural success

    Chemists report the first synthesis of a promising antibiotic that other researchers recently discovered in nature.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  3. Physics

    First teleportation between light and matter

    Physicists have for the first time transmitted quantum states between atoms and light.

    By Peter Weiss
  4. Earth

    A Whale’s Tale: Puzzling marine compounds are natural

    Antique whale oil shows that some mysterious compounds that resemble DDT and PCBs are naturally produced.

    By Julie Rehmeyer

  5. Trimming Down Cancer: Fat could hinder body’s fight against disease

    Fatty tissue may secrete substances that make it harder for the body to battle cancer.

    By Christen Brownlee
  6. Health & Medicine

    Vanishing Devices: Doctors implant disappearing stents, heart patches

    Novel heart devices fashioned mainly from materials that the body can absorb or break down have made their debut in heart patients.

    By Ben Harder
  7. Health & Medicine

    Lung Scan: CT may catch some treatable cancers

    Computed tomography (CT) scans seem to catch lung cancer early in smokers, but questions remain about the screening procedure.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Paleontology

    Mastodons in Musth: Tusks may chronicle battles between males

    Damage in the fossil tusks of male mastodons suggests that the creatures engaged in fierce combat with rival males at a certain time of year each year of their adult lives.

    By Sid Perkins

  9. Med-Start Kids: Pros, cons of Ritalin for preschool ADHD

    A long-term study indicates that 3- to 5-year-olds with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who are prescribed the stimulant Ritalin often show behavioral improvements but also display greater sensitivity to the drug's side effects than older children do.

    By Bruce Bower

  10. Genome Buzz: Honeybee DNA raises social questions

    Scientists have officially unveiled the DNA code of the western honeybee, the first genome to be sequenced for an animal with ultrastratified societies.

    By Susan Milius

  11. Gene might underlie travelers’ diarrhea

    Travelers to Mexico who get diarrhea are more likely than healthy travelers to have a particular variant form of the gene for the glycoprotein lactoferrin.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    Protecting against a difficult microbe

    By using DNA from the bacterium Clostridium difficile, scientists have fashioned a vaccine against the microbe.

    By Nathan Seppa