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  1. Tech

    Quantum-Dot Leap

    Multiple electrons from photons in quantum dots could be a boon to solar cells and other technologies.

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  2. Light Impacts

    Depending on when it's encountered, blue light can be more effective than other hues (or even white light) at waking people, setting their biological clocks, and maximizing visual acuity.

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  3. Violent Developments

    New research has identified a spectrum of interacting elements that contribute to impulsive violence in young people.

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  4. Tech

    Illuminating Changes

    Indoor lighting is undergoing a dramatic metamorphosis toward energy-conserving systems that rely on solid-state technologies.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Now Hear This

    Genetics research, work with stem cells, and studies of the inner ear's delicate architecture suggest that it might be possible to restore cells pivotal to hearing.

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  6. Plants

    Nectar: The First Soft Drink

    Plants have long competed with one another to lure animals in for a sip of their sweet formulations.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Predicting Parkinson’s

    Scientists are searching for ways to detect the earliest signs in the brain of Parkinson's disease.

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  8. Planetary Science

    The Whole Enceladus

    Saturn's moon Enceladus has become the hottest new place to look for life in the chilly outer solar system.

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  9. Earth

    Particular Problems

    Toxicologists and chemists are forging a new field called nanotoxicology as they grapple with assessing the safety of engineered nanoparticles.

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  10. Earth

    Buried Treasures

    Geologists have long understood the chemical processes that sculpt many cave formations, but they've only recently come up with a physical model that explains some of their shapes.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Ultrasound’s New Focus

    No longer limiting the use of sound waves to diagnostic medicine, researchers are studying high-intensity focused ultrasound as a treatment for uterine fibroids, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and other cancers.

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  12. The Bias Finders

    A simple test of unconscious preferences has achieved great popularity among psychologists and, at the same time, sparked heated debate over how it works and whether it shows widespread implicit biases against black people.

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