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Tiny metal nanoparticles can damage DNA, essentially by triggering toxic gossip.
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A NASA model incorporates how atmospheric aerosols and greenhouse gases interact, yielding better estimates of the gases' warming and cooling effects.
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Trees near high-traffic areas accumulate tiny particles.
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A protein splits carbon dioxide to give fizz its unique flavor.
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A protein splits carbon dioxide to give fizz its unique flavor.A new study begins to decode pheromone messages and finds that the same chemicals that attract can also maintain the species barrier. Different types of light freeze and then reinvigorate roundworms fed a shape-changing molecule. Wet cardboard and food should not share the same air space A new technique allows scientists to map the 3-D structure of the entire human genome. |
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