Stories by T. M. B.

Galactic arms trigger the birth of hosts of stars

A form of blindness is traced to a mitochondrial gene

The FAA is trying to reduce the midair-collision threat

An "unbelievable" experiment is found to be unbelievable

Physicists ponder a new way to measure an elusive concept

How should institutions handle charges of misconduct?

What does "black stuff" say about the origin of oil and gas?

U.S.-Soviet collaboration in space science is improving

New compounds might get to the root of pain

Can scientists themselves help to allocate funds for science?

New observations are held to support a controversial theory

Academia and industry fight expansion of secrecy laws

Health bureaucrats try to stem an exodus of top NIH workers

Genetic fingerprinting may help to rescue imperiled Wildlife

Semiconductor devices become still smaller and faster

A global decline in atmospheric ozone appears to be real

Foreign-born students fill U.S. science programs

New biological modifiers boost blood-cell production

A remarkable fossil site draws paleontologists to Mexico

A new kind of high-temperature superconductor is discovered

When is a medical "specialist" in the Yellow Pages a specialist?

A gene-therapy test may soon be proposed, but doubts persist

An unselective carcinogen law spreads alarm in industry

DNA amplification could simplify prenatal diagnosis