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  1. Chemistry

    Batteries made from nanotubes … and paper

    Scientists have made batteries and supercapacitors with little more than ordinary office paper and some carbon and silver nanomaterials.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Life

    Bacteria seen swimming the electron shuffle

    Researchers have captured the bacterium Shewanella’s behavior on film, and the microbes didn’t behave as expected

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Health & Medicine

    H1N1 hits sickle cell kids hard

    Cases particularly acute in children with the chronic blood condition.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Patients deficient in vitamin D fare worse in battle with lymphoma

    A new study suggests that the sunshine vitamin may play protective role against common form of the blood cancer.