Science News

View more issues:

Articles in March 30, 1996 issue of Science News

• Folate supplements needed but not allergenic - synthetic B vitamin causes allergic reactions in some
  by Janet Raloff
• Digital noise sharpens vague images - visual processing research
  by Richard Lipkin
• Staring at the moon's mantle - region of exposed mantle discovered - Astronomy - Brief Article
  by Ron Cowen
• Laser reaction control in hot sodium vapor - controlling chemical reactions
  by Ivars Peterson
• Hippity hop goes the virus; the Australian war on rabbits just got a little wild - calicivaris escapes test area, killing rabbits on the mainland - includes related article on the Easter Bilby - Cover Story
  by Tina Adler
• Federal budget 1997: the good, the bad, and the ugly - Clinton Administration's proposed 1997 budget - Brief Article
  by Richard Monastersky
• One diagnosis, too many mastectomies - ability to detect ductal carcinoma in situ early has led to unnecessary carcinomas - Brief Article
  by Steve Sternberg
• Detector measures single molecules - new force-amplified biological sensor developed - Physics - Brief Article
  by Richard Lipkin
• How the queen bee makes her pheromone - biosynthesis of primer pheromone examined - Brief Article
  by Tina Adler
• The soul of a chess machine; lessons learned from a contest pitting man against computer - Deep Blue loses to chess champion Garry Kasparov
  by Ivars Peterson
• Have Danes solved the French paradox - patients at highest risk of having a heart attack get the most health benefits from drinking alcoholic beverages - Brief Article
  by Janet Raloff
• Magnetic tools enhance surgical techniques - magnetic stereotaxis systems assist in brain surgery - Physics - Brief Article
  by Richard Lipkin
• Revised Galileo results pose Jovian puzzle - less water than expected found on Jupiter
  by Ron Cowen
• Peptides direct traffic in the body - viruses used to identify peptides that attach preferentially to blood vessels within the kidney or brain - Brief Article
  by John Travis