By HENRY FOUNTAIN
The process of hydraulic fracturing, suspected by some environmentalists of letting natural gas get into aquifers, was not seen to blame for the pollution.
Published: September 16, 2014 at 12:00AM
By KAREN WEINTRAUB
Though enthusiasm for potential advances in disease and injury treatments often outstrips the science, thousands of clinical trials are now underway to figure out how to best use stem cells.
Published: September 16, 2014 at 12:00AM
By JUSTIN GILLIS
A global commission challenges the widespread belief that efforts to reduce global warming would carry a steep price.
Published: September 16, 2014 at 12:00AM
By CARINA STORRS
Scientists are looking at the vast and untapped microbial community that lives near the roots of rice plants for ways to protect the crop from arsenic.
Published: September 16, 2014 at 12:00AM
By STEPHANIE STROM
Of the 22 industrial hog farm workers tested in a new study, 10 carried antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria in their noses for up to four days, raising public health questions.
Published: September 16, 2014 at 12:00AM
By SINDYA N. BHANOO
A vast bloom of phytoplankton in an oxygen-starved zone may change the food chain and disrupt local fishing, researchers say.
Published: September 16, 2014 at 12:00AM
By DENNIS OVERBYE
The Nobel laureate Peter Higgs, 85, whose public appearances have been as rare and fleeting as the tracks of the Higgs boson, discussed his life’s work in an interview at an Edinburgh cafe.
Published: September 16, 2014 at 12:00AM
