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  1. Health & Medicine

    Cells profilerate in magnetic fields

    Magnetic fields such as those found within a few feet of outdoor electric-power lines could make cells that are vulnerable to cancer behave like tumors.

    By Laura Sivitz
  2. Materials Science

    Titanium makes move toward mainstream

    Inventors of a new process for producing titanium claim that their method can reduce the metal's cost to one-third its current price.

    By Jessica Gorman
  3. Health & Medicine

    Nerves in heart show damage in Parkinson’s

    Some patients with Parkinson's disease also have destruction of nerve terminals in the heart that affects blood pressure.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Fighting cancer from the cabbage patch

    Extracts of foods belonging to the cabbage family can block the action of estrogen, a hormone that fuels many cancers.