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  1. Space

    Lowdown on the sun

    The current solar minimum is the lowest — and one of the longest — recorded in the past 50 years, since modern measurements began.

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  2. Space

    Large Hadron Collider shuts down early for the winter

    CERN announces that needed repairs, plus high fuel costs, will delay the first planned collisions until next spring.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Saturn’s rings may not be as young as they look

    Saturn's rings might be more massive, and thus older, than researchers had believed.

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  4. Life

    Nanoparticles: size and charge matter

    Nanoparticles can be designed for targeted delivery of drugs or genes into the body.