Science News

View more issues:

Articles in March 2, 2002, issue of Science News

• Tracking tumors: looking for early signs of a therapy's success
  by Damaris Christensen
• The world takes a stand - Letters - Letter to the Editor
  by Oswald Werner
• No olympian: analysis hints T. rex ran slowly, if at all - This Week - Brief Article
  by S. Perkins
• Encouraging signs but no woodpecker - Biology - bird watchers detect audible, but not visual, evidence of an ivory-billed woodpecker
• Alcohol rub - Letters - Letter to the Editor
  by Lewis Anderson
• Good grief: bereaved adjust well without airing emotion - This Week - Brief Article
  by B. Bower
• High homocysteine tied to Alzheimer's - Biomedicine - homocysteine, an amino acid - Brief Article
• Ambitious mission: hubble slated to get one heckuva tune-up - This Week - Brief Article
  by R. Cowen
• Littlest catalysts get a lot of support - Technology - Brief Article
• Broken weapon: mutation disarms HIV-fighting gene - This Week - Brief Article
  by J. Travis
• Coffee beans, cavity-causing germs - Biomedicine - research indicates that coffee may reduce tooth decay - Brief Article
• Honey-scented elephants: young males' faces drip sweet signals - This Week - Brief Article
  by S. Milius
• Duck-faced croc had a gap-toothed grin - Paleontology - no teeth were across the front of a crocodile fossil's mouth - Brief Article
• Thin jet flies two for one: double streams yield sheathed nanoballs, fibers - This Week - Brief Article
  by P. Weiss
• El Nino's coming! Is that so bad? - Climate - expected in 2002 - Brief Article
• Copy crab: DNA confirms that crab forms have several origins - This Week - Brief Article
  by J. Pickrell
• Wheat protein smooths ice cream - Chemistry - Brief Article
• Protein repair: new compounds may help cells fight off cancer - This Week - Brief Article
  by N. Seppa
• More good news about chocolate - Food and Nutrition - high-flavanol cocoa, used by the Kuna people, seems to reduce the chance of high blood pressure - Brief Article
• Avalanche! Scientists are digging out the secrets of lethal flows of snow
  by Sid Perkins
• No Brahe bravo - Letters - Letter to the Editor
  by Adam Serchuk