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  1. Plants

    Watch live plant cells build their cell walls

    Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

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  2. Particle Physics

    Physicists have confirmed a new mismatch between matter and antimatter 

    Charge-parity violation is thought to explain why there’s more matter than antimatter in the universe. Scientists just spotted it in a new place.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    A new antifungal drug works in a surprising way

    Mandimycin, which targets a different essential fungi cell resource than other antifungal drugs, should harm other cell types as collateral — but doesn’t.

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  4. Archaeology

    Neandertal-like tools found in China present a mystery

    A style of primitive stone tools named for the French site where they were first discovered have shown up half a world away.