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  1. Tech

    Transmuting a powerful poison

    A new chemical process for fuel cells powered by hydrocarbons eliminates carbon monoxide that would clog fuel-cell electrodes while also extracting energy from the troublesome gas.

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  2. Chemistry

    Bacteria send out molecular scrounger for copper

    Scientists have discovered the organic molecule that bacteria use to take up copper, which the microbes then use to chemically crack methane.

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  3. Humans

    Rembrandt’s eye saw no depth

    The 17th-century Dutch artist Rembrandt lacked stereoscopic vision, an optical analysis of his self-portraits suggests.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Hepatitis B vaccine linked to MS

    People who develop multiple sclerosis are more likely than others to have received a hepatitis B vaccination in recent years.