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  1. Chemistry

    Recipe for Roman cosmetic revealed

    British chemists have found that a white material inside a small tin canister excavated from a 2000-year-old Roman temple is an ancient cosmetic face cream.

    By Alexandra Goho
  2. Health & Medicine

    Stemming Incontinence: Injected muscle cells restore urinary control

    Stem cells removed from healthy muscle, grown in a lab, and inserted back into women with urinary incontinence can rebuild a muscle needed to control urine flow.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Materials Science

    Color Collective: Polymer self-assembles into light-emitting film

    Stacks of sheets of light-emitting organic molecules that assemble into nanoscale structures could be more efficient and luminescent than existing display materials based on organic substances.