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  1. Health & Medicine

    New agent to spy clogged arteries

    To improve the detection of harmful arterial plaques, researchers have modeled a nanoparticle on a natural material: good cholesterol.

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  2. Chemistry

    Enzymes release caged chemicals

    A new controlled-release technology relies on enzymes to unshackle a chemical only when and where it's needed.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Even outdoors, generators pose risks

    Portable electricity generators are frequently the culprit in domestic carbon monoxide poisonings—even when the devices sit outside the home.

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  4. Rats take fast route to remembering

    Rats use background knowledge about what they have already learned to remember relevant new material surprisingly quickly.