Chemistry
New Material Makes Coolest Clothing Around
Even cotton traps the skin's infrared radiation, making you sweat, but a new nanoporous fabric lets it out
Stories by Michael Torrice
Fitness
Ultrasound Implant Safely Opens Blood–Brain Barrier
New method could help anticancer drugs reach brain tumors
Electronics
Nanosize Materials Help Electronics Compute Like Real Brains
Small size and new material go into devices that mimic the speed and efficiency of neurons
Biotech
Atom-Thin Patch Could Help Control Diabetes--without Needles
Ultraslim graphene sensor monitors blood sugar levels through skin
Mind & Brain
Fructose May Motivate People to Seek Out Food
Compared with glucose, fructose activates brain regions that enhance the psychological reward of eating
The Sciences
Pesky Packing Peanuts Baked and Crushed to Make Battery Electrodes
Chemical engineers flooded with the foam pieces figured out how to transform them into electrodes that work better than conventional ones
The Sciences
Drugs for Metabolism Could Reverse Lupus
Immune cells in mice with lupus symptoms have overactive metabolisms, so scientists inhibited two metabolic pathways and succeeded in reversing lupus symptoms in mice
