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  1. Computing

    Materials’ light tricks may soon extend to doing math

    A simulation paves the way toward metamaterials that can perform ultrafast complex mathematical operations using light waves.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Pacemaker treats sleep apnea

    Experimental device works for many patients who can’t use breathing machines.

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  3. Animals

    Dog-paddle science debunks notion of underwater trot

    From Newfoundlands to Yorkshire terriers, canines swim with similar, distinctive gait.

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  4. Astronomy

    Earth-mass planet resembles a mini-Neptune

    KOI-314c, an exoplanet 200 light-years away, is about 60 percent larger than Earth but made mostly of gas.

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  5. Psychology

    Migraines respond to great expectations

    Patients get more pain relief from drug and placebo labeled as headache busters than from those labeled as dummy pills.

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  6. Chemistry

    Battery blueprint promises green energy storage

    A device that relies on organic molecules could cheaply bank power from renewable sources.

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  7. Astronomy

    Supernova is a dust factory

    Grains of matter spewed by stellar explosion offer clues to early star formation.

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  8. Microbes

    Me and my microbiome

    Tina Hesman Saey tries out new services offering clients a peek at their own bacteria.

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  9. Astronomy

    Unusual three-star system promises new test of gravity

    A unique stellar threesome could help astronomers test the leading theory of gravity to unprecedented precision.

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  10. Life

    Deadly influenza could strike aboriginal groups hardest

    Native Alaskans and Australians tend to lack potent flu-fighting immune cells.

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  11. Neuroscience

    Hormone hampers effects of marijuana

    Study of pot-blocking brain chemical in rodents could lead to new treatments for cannabis addiction.

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  12. Animals

    Flightless birds face extinction

    New Zealand’s flightless birds have limped through the last few decades, but conservation efforts have had some success.

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