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If confirmed in humans, the procedure could reduce or eliminate the months or years that millions of patients spend on pain-managing prescription drugs. The results of the study are described today in Science1.
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Can a vaccine cure Haiti's cholera?

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Two years after the earthquake and thousands of deaths later, the debate about whether to use the cholera vaccine in Haiti continues....
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In search of a lunar alien base

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Hundreds of thousands of pictures of the moon will be examined for telltale signs that aliens once visited our cosmic neighbourhood if plans put forward by scientists go ahead....
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Thinking after acting

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The results of the study were presented recently at a scientific conference in Malta by Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Center at Rotterdam, one of the research teams funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)....
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How bacteria break a magnet

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Bacteria build their compasses from tiny organelles called magnetosomes, which contain crystals of magnetite (Fe3O4) and and/or greigete (Fe3S4) other magnetic minerals. No single magnetosome produces a magnetic field strong enough to align a bacterium to Earth's magnetic field......
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Skywatchers enjoy lunar eclipse

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The spectacle, which occurs when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon, has been watched from Australia, Asia and North America....
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Why has Britain done a U-turn on plutonium?

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Is there any logic behind the decision to convert Britain’s stockpile of plutonium into fuel for future reactors?...
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Voyagers detect birth pains of stars

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Ageing spacecraft confirm that Lyman-alpha radiation comes from stellar nurseries in the Milky Way....
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Outcry over EU budget plan

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Costly Earth-monitoring and fusion-energy projects could be stripped from main budget.The commission suggests that the projects — along with future large-scale science programmes — be supported through new intergovernmental organizations....
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Scientists make the "perfect" foam

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"Perfect" here means the lowest-energy configuration of packed bubbles of equal size. This is a compromise between the surface area of the bubbles and the stability of the many interlocking faces of the polyhedral bubbles in the foam....
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