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Chemistry

Melting icebergs fertilize ocean

Releasing extra iron into the water boosts carbon dioxide uptake by plankton.

Chemistry

Molecules/Matter & Energy

How leeches are able to swell tenfold, plus not-so-super solids, new natural toxins and more in this week's news.

Earth

Earth/Environment

Earthquake risk in Chile, plus an ancient Greek island and casino pollution in this week’s news.

Science & Society

Youthful ingenuity honored at Intel ISEF

Young scientists receive awards for insights applicable to cancer treatment, homeland security, water supplies and more.

Life

Genes & Cells

Why mosquitoes don’t get malaria, plus brain stem cells and hot cancer treatment in this week’s news.

Physics

New laser is from the birds

Inspired by an optical trick that colors feathers without pigment, physicists come up with a cheap, practical design.

Earth

Ozone hole on the mend

Researchers claim to see atmospheric healing more than a decade earlier than a detectable uptick was expected.

Life

Body attacks lab-made stem cells

In mice, the immune system targets and destroys reprogrammed adult skin cells, raising questions about their medical potential.

Health & Medicine

Gravely damaged brains have ‘bottleneck’

A failure in electrical signaling may distinguish patients in vegetative states.

Health & Medicine

Body & Brain

Heart attacks are worse in the morning, plus who remembers dreams, stem cells in lungs and more in this week’s news.

Humans

Stone Age cold case baffles scientists

Stone-tool makers who hunkered down near Arctic Circle left uncertain clues to their identity.

Life

New fungi the dark matter of mushrooms

Scientists see the first images of an ancient lineage of microbes that can’t be grown in the lab.