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  1. Physics

    Signs of mass-giving particle get stronger

    The promising search at a collider in Switzerland for the Higgs boson—the crucial and last undetected fundamental particle predicted by the central theory of particle physics—became even more of a cliff-hanger as a new, strong hint of the particle appeared on the eve of the machine's second scheduled demise.

    By Peter Weiss
  2. Health & Medicine

    Killing immune cells thwarts arthritis

    Researchers have successfully treated people with rheumatoid arthritis by temporarily wiping out most of their antibody-producing immune cells.

    By John Travis
  3. Health & Medicine

    Prostate enzyme triggers cancer drug

    A new drug reverses advanced prostate cancer in mice by enlisting the aid of prostate-specific antigen, an enzyme found in most prostate tumors.