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  1. Tech

    Micro Musclebot: Wee walker moves by heart cells’ beats

    A new breed of mobile micromachine made of living heart tissue, gold, and silicon takes a step with each rhythmic contraction of its muscle cells.

    By Peter Weiss
  2. Materials Science

    Infrared Vision: New material may enhance plastic solar cells

    The vision of flexible, low-cost, lightweight plastic solar cells has moved one step closer to reality with the creation of a material that can harness infrared light.

    By Alexandra Goho
  3. Ecosystems

    Bivalve Takeover: Once-benign clams boom after crab influx

    European green crabs invading a California bay have triggered a population explosion of a previously marginal clam.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Astronomy

    Black Hole Bonanza: 10,000 objects near our galaxy’s center

    Astronomers have found the first evidence of a suspected population of black holes near the Milky Way's center, each hole with 10 times the mass of the sun.