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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Earth

    Federal budget’s new ‘black book’

    The administration details a proposed $17 billion in budget savings in a new book.

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  2. Earth

    U.S. radiation dose has doubled

    New analysis finds radiation-based medical procedures have skyrocketed.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Science budgets look rosy, AAAS finds

    The president and Congress have collaborated in targeting substantial increases for federal investments in R&D this year.

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  4. Astronomy

    They’re calling Obama the ‘science guy’

    Speakers at a science forum offered support for the thesis that researchers have found a big ally in the new president.

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  5. Chemistry

    Yeast bred to bear artificial vanilla

    Researchers have co-opted fungi to produce the flavor more efficiently.

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  6. Tech

    Cloaked eye still sees

    Researchers have proposed a model that would allow sensors to send and receive information virtually undetected.

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  7. Physics

    Spin control for technology

    Long-lived helix offers a new way to keep electron spin stable and in sync

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  8. Tech

    Urban Heat: Recycling waste heat

    In the United States, only about one-eighth of the fuel people burn is converted into useful work. Recycling such wasted heat could be one of the best solutions to problems posted by growing cities.

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  9. Chemistry

    Exxon Valdez oil lingers, as does its toxicity

    Even 20 years after a major oil spill, barely degraded pockets of the oil persist within some intertidal beaches, research shows.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Bottled water may contain ‘hormones’: Glass

    Some mineral water appears to have been tainted prior to bottling.

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  11. Computing

    New circuits feed on noise

    New digital circuits work well in buzzing environments.

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  12. Chemistry

    Bottled water may contain ‘hormones’: Plastics

    New concerns arise over the presence of hormonelike pollutants in plastic food packaging.

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