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  1. Chemistry

    Heat Beaters

    Scientists seek enzymes that don’t mind working at high temperatures.

    By Rebecca Cheung
  2. Health & Medicine

    Cartilage Creation

    New joint tissue could keep people moving, reducing need for knee or hip replacements.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    The Brain Set Free

    Lifting neural constraints could turn back time, making way for youthful flexibility.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Particle Physics

    Nature’s secrets foretold

    After decades of searching, it seems scientists have found the elusive Higgs boson.

    By Tom Siegfried
  5. Particle Physics

    A primer on the long-sought Higgs boson

    Discovering the Higgs boson is cause for celebration — and for explanation, of what the particle is and why it matters.