News in Brief
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
A new way to fold a paper bag, plus good apples and designer silk in this week’s news.
- Earth
Earth/Environment
A new explanation of cold northeast winters, plus shrinking newborns and the Russian heat wave in this week’s news.
- Life
Genes & Cells
Traditional medicine helps give the slip to bacteria, plus insulin insensitivity and dental plaque in this week's news.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Thank your mom for your big brain, plus contagious itching and phobia therapy in this week’s news.
- Physics
2011 American Physical Society meeting
Powerful X-rays illuminate hidden messages from the past, plus Lyme disease sensors and graphene transistors in meeting news.
- Physics
2011 American Physical Society meeting
Powerful X-rays illuminate hidden messages from the past, plus Lyme disease sensors and graphene transistors in meeting news.
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- Space
Atom & Cosmos
Dead stars may actually be a good place to hunt for life, plus organic-free asteroids and watery comets in this week’s news.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
Sulfur found in life's possible early building blocks, plus fingerprint clues and frozen blood in this week's news
- Earth
Earth/Environment
Monsoons may have sped India's tectonic plate, plus saber-toothed reptiles and leaden bones in this week's news.
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Genes & Cells
Cellular suicide inspires new ways to kill harmful bacteria, plus test-tube sperm and insulin alternatives in this week’s news.
