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  1. Africanized bees rescue loner trees

    Africanized bees pollinate some of the big Brazilian forest trees now stranded in the middle of cleared land away from their native pollinators.

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  2. Physics

    Shortest transistor makes its debut

    A novel type of single-molecule transistor built around a one-molecule-thick layer of organic molecules may eventually lead to faster, denser chips because the channel through which electrons flow is so short.

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  3. Physics

    Neutrino shortage may signal new force

    The dearth of neutrinos from a precision experiment casts some doubt on the prevailing model of particle physics and may indicate that a previously unrecognized extra force exists.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Thinking the way to stronger muscles

    Thinking about exercising a muscle can make it stronger.