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  1. Neuroscience

    A schizophrenia drug turns on protein factories in cells

    Haloperidol reshapes neurons, which might explain how the medicine works.

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  2. Computing

    Materials’ light tricks may soon extend to doing math

    A simulation paves the way toward metamaterials that can perform ultrafast complex mathematical operations using light waves.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Pacemaker treats sleep apnea

    Experimental device works for many patients who can’t use breathing machines.

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  4. Animals

    Dog-paddle science debunks notion of underwater trot

    From Newfoundlands to Yorkshire terriers, canines swim with similar, distinctive gait.

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  5. Psychology

    Migraines respond to great expectations

    Patients get more pain relief from drug and placebo labeled as headache busters than from those labeled as dummy pills.