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- Chemistry
Fighting flames with greener materials
New, nano-thin coatings for fabrics and plastics are relatively nontoxic flame retardants.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
One defense against diarrhea and early hints of diabetes in obese children in this week’s news
- Health & Medicine
Saffron takes on cancer
The yellow spice inhibits liver cancer growth, tests in rats show.
- Astronomy
Star goes boom, telescopes zoom
Astronomers have spotted a supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy, the nearest such stellar explosion in decades.
- Chemistry
Pooping pandas may make better biofuels
Gut microbes break down bamboo efficiently, inspiring new approaches to process raw plant materials for fuel.
- Space
Atom & Cosmos
Planets born with off-kilter orbits, the planet formerly known as a star and more in this week's news.
- Tech
Mining electronic records yields connections between diseases
Mining patient records, combined with molecular research, may reveal new links among medical conditions.
- Life
Belly bacteria boss the brain
One type of gut microbe sends antianxiety messages through the vagus nerve, changing the behavior of mice.
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- Psychology
Men’s spatial superiority takes cultural cues
Some societies may nurture comparable spatial skills in males and females.
- Humans
Willpower endures
A person's ability to resist temptation stays constant throughout life, study suggests.
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