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  1. Physics

    Twice-charmed particles spotted?

    Exotic cousins of protons and neutrons known as doubly-charmed baryons may have made their laboratory debut.

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  2. Agriculture

    Killer bees boost coffee yields

    Even self-pollinating coffee plants benefit substantially from visits by insect pollinators.

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  3. Caregivers take heartfelt hit

    Older persons experience elevated systolic blood pressure for at least 1 year after a spouse with Alzheimer's disease enters a nursing-care facility or dies.

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  4. Materials Science

    Spring in your step? The forces in cartilage

    Researchers are uncovering the role of molecular forces in cartilage's ability to resist compression.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Appetite-suppressing drug burns fat, too

    An experimental drug seems to assail obesity through dual biological actions.