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  1. Materials Science

    Snappy Transition: Venus flytrap inspires new materials

    Inspired by the quick-shut action of the Venus flytrap, researchers have designed a patterned surface with microscale hills that can rapidly flip to form valleys.

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  2. Plants

    It Takes a Village: Tweaking neighbors reroutes evolution

    The other residents of a plant's neighborhood can make a big difference in whether evolutionary forces favor or punish a plant's trait.

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  3. Hold the Embryos: Genes turn skin into stem cells

    Scientists have found a way to convert a person's skin cells directly into stem cells without creating and destroying embryos.

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  4. Paleontology

    A toothy smile

    Nigersaurus boasted more than 500 teeth, arranged in rows across its mouth.

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  5. Tadpole Slayer: Mystery epidemic imperils frogs

    An emerging protozoal disease has begun to trigger mass die-offs of frog tadpoles throughout much of the United States.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    9/11 reflux

    Up to 20 percent of 9/11 workers in New York City experience symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease, also called acid reflux.

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  7. Tech

    Crystal clear

    Growing nanowires directly on a crystal might lead to high-density memory chips and transparent LEDs

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  8. Math

    Net advantage

    When damaged, networks that seem resilient can still become inefficient to the point of being unusable.

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  9. Astronomy

    One star, five planets

    With the discovery of a fifth planet circling the nearby star 55 Cancri, astronomers have found the most abundant—and heaviest—planetary system beyond the sun's.

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  10. Eastern farms have native-bee insurance

    If honeybees somehow vanished, the pockets of wild land in the Delaware Valley still harbor enough native bees to fill in and do the tough job of pollinating watermelon farms.

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  11. Tech

    A smaller magnetometer

    A novel sensor the size of a rice grain can detect magnetic fields as small as those produced by brain or heart waves.

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  12. Flawed Stem Cells Yield Fragile X Clues: Researchers study genetic disorder via discarded embryos

    The most common inherited cause of mental retardation arises when a mutated gene is shut down early in embryonic development.

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