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  1. Chemistry

    Light-harvesting complexes do it themselves

    A new technique could yield solar cells with no repair or assembly required.

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  2. Space

    Changing one of nature’s constants

    A controversial new study suggests that an immutable value that governs the strength of the electromagnetic force varies along different directions.

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  3. Life

    Microbe’s survival manual

    Researchers have uncovered how D. radiodurans can withstand extreme radiation.

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  4. Humans

    DVDs don’t turn toddlers into vocabulary Einsteins

    Young children don’t learn words from a popular educational program, but some of their parents think they do.

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  5. Physics

    String theory entangled

    Scientists forge an intriguing mathematical link between black holes and the physics of the very small.