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  1. Obesity hormone tackles wound healing

    The hormone leptin, which seems to have many roles in the body including regulating fat storage, may speed the healing of wounds.

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  2. Readers’ brains go native

    Brain functions linked to reading reflect cultural differences in spelling systems.

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  3. Social thinking in schizophrenia

    Training that fosters thinking skills in social situations may improve attention, memory, and social skills of people with schizophrenia.

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  4. Physics

    Magnets trap neutrons for a lifetime

    A new device that uses magnets to trap neutrons may enable physicists to measure more precisely how quickly free neutrons decay, a time period with implications for understanding both the weak force and the early universe.