Metallurgy, Chemicals

Mites aren’t parasitic bloodsuckers, but helpful cleaners".

Members of elite organization to cast ballots in late April on new policy".

On this week’s show: A wave of horse injuries and deaths on a famed racetrack has stumped scientists, and researchers are looking into the impact of jailing—and bailing—people before trial".

Scientists are still debating how, and whether, drugs called checkpoint inhibitors trigger tumor "hyperprogression"".

Shuttering Malaysian plant could strengthen Chinese dominance in vital market".

Effort would link millions of digitized specimens to genomic, environmental, and other information".

CRISPR works in reptiles for the first time".

Simple test suggests felines know we have a word for them".

Kung fu rodents foil four in five attacks".

Genomic data from New Guineans suggest late mixing of archaic group with modern humans".

Rocks in China point to a geologically fast melting event 635 million years ago".

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family will give Oklahoma State University nearly $200 million".

Study finds embryos of two species grow differently when exposed to humanmade sounds".

Experiment could test theory of quantum electrodynamics—if it ever can be done".

Species that call out at night are far more likely to crash into buildings".

Better global terrain data are needed to improve forecasts in developing countries".

With 1 year to go, Census Bureau says it’s on track despite political and technical challenges".

Joint European Torus fusion reactor in the United Kingdom gets €100 million to continue to operate as a European facility".

Predatory worm depends on a small protein to identify its own kin".

Planetary slag heap gives a glimpse of Earth’s future".