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  1. Physics

    Instant Nano Blocks: One-step process makes trillions of DNA pyramids

    Researchers have unveiled a three-dimensional building component that can be created from DNA in a simple procedure.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Beyond Hearing: Cochlear implants work best when given early

    Children born deaf who receive cochlear implants as toddlers show brain activity that's more normal than that of children getting the implants later in childhood.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    3-D Vision: New technique could improve breast cancer screening, diagnosis

    An experimental alternative to standard mammography could, by the end of this decade, become an essential tool for spotting breast cancer.

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  4. Planetary Science

    Martian dust storm

    In late October, a day after Mars and Earth were at their closest approach until 2018, the Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a large dust storm on the Red Planet.