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  1. Health & Medicine

    Two markers may predict heart risk

    Two proteins that play a role in inflammation may serve as indicators of a person's risk of heart disease and stroke.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Earth

    The Next MTBE: Contamination from fuel additives could spread

    Several alternatives to the common gasoline additives methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and ethanol could create environmental problems similar to those that MTBE has already caused.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Tech

    Electronic Thread: Fiber transistor may lead to woven circuits

    By coating flexible metal fibers with semiconductors, researchers have developed individual threads that act as transistors and that should be linkable into circuits by means of wires included among a fabric's threads.