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  1. Earth

    Wafting pesticides taint far-flung frogs

    Agricultural pesticides blowing into California's wilderness areas have played a role in mysterious declines in frog populations.

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  2. Mutated gene doubles fruit fly’s life span

    The product of the Indy gene resembles transport proteins in mammals that enable intestinal and kidney cells to take in metabolites to produce energy.

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  3. Materials Science

    Nanotubes get as small as they can

    Two research teams have created stable carbon nanotubes with the smallest diameter that scientists believe is physically possible, at just 0.4 nanometer across.

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  4. Materials Science

    Nanotubes: Knot just for miniature work

    A new technique can spin individual nanotubes into durable ribbons and threads visible to the naked eye.