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  1. Chemistry

    That’s a Wrap: Polymer coatings fortify pancreas cells

    A technique that encapsulates cells in polymer might one day benefit people who receive pancreas-cell transplants for diabetes.

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  2. Anthropology

    Asian Trek: Fossil puts ancient humans in Far East

    A 40,000-year-old partial human skeleton from a Chinese cave intensifies a debate over whether Stone Age people dispersing from Africa interbred with humanlike species that they encountered.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Meningitis vaccine stops ear infections

    A vaccine for meningitis and pneumonia also prevents many childhood ear infections and the complications that they cause.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Patches take sting out of canker sores

    Small patches that exude licorice extract can speed healing of canker sores.

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  5. Earth

    On the move

    A new study suggests how prions, the infectious agents that cause such disorders as chronic wasting disease, behave in soil and landfills.

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  6. Earth

    New solutions for unused drugs

    Pharmacists and federal scientists have launched a program to discourage consumers from flushing unused prescription drugs down the toilet.

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  7. Earth

    Freeze-thaw cycles: How not to mix soil

    The repeated cycles of ground freezing and thawing that occur in many places don't do a surprising poor job of churning the soil.

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  8. Kill-save gene combo might fight malaria

    A technique that might someday enlist mosquitoes in the fight against malaria has passed an early test.

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  9. Earth

    Wave’s-eye view of a hurricane

    Strong hurricanes aren't as effective at transmitting their energy to the ocean's surface as weak ones are, a counterintuitive finding that may help researchers estimate the size of storm surges.

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  10. Rare flower needs prickly neighbors

    A flowering plant found only in Mauritius makes more fruit if dense stands of pandanus trees grow nearby.

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  11. Earth

    Pollution Fallout: Are unattractive males Great-gram’s fault?

    Pollutant exposures in rodents can have behavioral repercussions that persist generation after generation.

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  12. Tech

    Is Your Phone Out of Juice? Biological fuel cell turns drinks into power

    A new type of fuel cell uses natural enzymes to produce small amounts of electricity from sugar.

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