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Health & Medicine

Norovirus vaccine shows early progress

Individuals immunized against Norwalk virus and another norovirus experienced less vomiting and diarrhea than those who didn't receive shots.

Physics

Proton-boron nuclear fusion returns to spotlight

A technique can fuse nuclei without producing harmful neutrons, but it is far from being power plant–ready.

Science & Society

2013 Nobels decades in the making

Prizes show that discovery takes inspiration plus perspiration.

Particle Physics

Higgs field prediction lands Nobel Prize in physics

The famous particle’s detection last year confirmed the laureates’ 1964 proposal.

Earth

African dust once fertilized the Everglades

Humans aren't the only source of nutrients for Florida’s wetlands.