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  1. Health & Medicine

    Active lung gene signals cancer spread

    The newly discovered LUNX gene, active only in lungs and in lung tumors that have spread outside that organ, may help in determining which lung cancer patients are likely to suffer a recurrence.

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  2. Physics

    Seeming sedate, some solid surfaces seethe

    Although they're as orderly as bathroom-floor tiles, surface atoms of copper--and perhaps other solids--actually roam randomly and widely within their grid.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Color array reveals breast cancer types

    A suite of genes lights up when researchers probe for cancer.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Sometimes an antibiotic is much more

    By reining in destructive enzymes in the body, tetracyclines can thwart various diseases, including periodontal bone loss and cancer.