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Chemistry

Fighting flames with greener materials

New, nano-thin coatings for fabrics and plastics are relatively nontoxic flame retardants.

Health & Medicine

Saffron takes on cancer

The yellow spice inhibits liver cancer growth, tests in rats show.

Astronomy

Star goes boom, telescopes zoom

Astronomers have spotted a supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy, the nearest such stellar explosion in decades.

Chemistry

Pooping pandas may make better biofuels

Gut microbes break down bamboo efficiently, inspiring new approaches to process raw plant materials for fuel.

Tech

Mining electronic records yields connections between diseases

Mining patient records, combined with molecular research, may reveal new links among medical conditions.