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  1. Health & Medicine

    Early cancer therapy and heart problems

    Pediatric cancer treatment with chest radiation or anthracyclines can cause a heightened risk of heart disease at an earlier age than previously believed.

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  2. Earth

    Treaty is Imminent for Genetically Engineered Foods

    The Republic of Palau–a 9-year-old confederation of some 300 Pacific islands–has fewer than 20,000 inhabitants and a land area only about 2.5 times the size of Washington, D.C. Yet this tiny nation southeast of the Philippines made big history last week when its government became the 50th to ratify the United Nations’ Cartagena Protocol, a […]

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Gene profiles might guide chemotherapy

    Profiles of genetic variations in cancer patients could help oncologists predict the outcome of chemotherapy.

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  4. Brain perks up to uncertain threats

    The brain shows particular sensitivity to facial expressions that convey vague threats.

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  5. Plants

    Sun-tracking dads make better pollen

    In one of the first tests of paternal behavior in plants, snow buttercups that were allowed to follow their natural tendency to track sun movement made more-viable pollen than did tethered blooms.

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  6. Materials Science

    Material mimics mother-of-pearl in form and substance

    A new synthetic material is so strong and tough that it might one day be used to construct artificial bones or even auto parts.

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  7. Astronomy

    Telescope spies a galactic satellite

    A huge gas cloud once considered a remnant from when the Milky Way or nearby galaxies formed is, in fact, a satellite of our galaxy.

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  8. Astronomy

    Mystery in the Middle

    The Milky Way's core is loaded with seemingly young stars, which have no business being there.

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  9. 19255

    What a hope-inspiring article for those of us with celiac disease. Unfortunately, diagnosis often takes many years (approximately 16 years in my case), during which irreparable damage can occur. I suffered with anemia and fatigue for years and now have osteoporosis and osteopenia at age 45. It’s imperative to concentrate efforts on awareness, diagnosis, and […]

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Target: Celiac Disease

    With the aim of releasing people with celiac disease from a strict, lifelong diet that lacks the wheat protein gluten, researchers are working to identify molecular targets that could block the disease’s hallmark, the degeneration of the lining of the small intestine.

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  11. Tech

    Making machines from genes

    A novel machine made from DNA also uses DNA as its fuel.

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  12. Tech

    Coddled crystal slams door on light

    A better fabrication process yields such a high-quality optical material that microchips using light, rather than electrons, may be close to reality.

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