News
- Health & Medicine
Pain follows cycle
Estrogen fluctuations during a woman's menstrual cycle may change her perception of pain.
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Nicotine during rat youth primes brain for harder drugs
The addictive ingredient in those cigarettes in the schoolyard could prep the brain for reliance on illicit drugs.
- Astronomy
Galactic spider
A Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a large galaxy in the early universe assembling from the merger of smaller ones.
- Planetary Science
Jovian storm grows stormier
Jupiter's Little Red Spot has become as strong as its big brother.
- Chemistry
Unnatural success
Chemists report the first synthesis of a promising antibiotic that other researchers recently discovered in nature.
- Physics
First teleportation between light and matter
Physicists have for the first time transmitted quantum states between atoms and light.
- 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.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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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.
