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  1. Health & Medicine

    Upsetting a Delicate Balance: One gene may underlie various immune diseases

    One form of an immune-system gene shows up more frequently in people with diabetes or certain thyroid diseases than in people free of those illnesses.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Astronomy

    Chemistry of the Cosmos: Quasars illuminate the young universe

    Measuring the composition of some of the earliest structures in the universe, two teams of astronomers have unveiled new findings about star formation in the young cosmos.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Chemistry

    Nanoscale Networks: Superlong nanotubes can form a grid

    Researchers have made extraordinarily long carbon nanotubes and aligned them to create tiny transistors and sensors for detecting chemical and biological agents.