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  1. Health & Medicine

    Belated angioplasty saves no lives

    A common heart procedure called angioplasty doesn't save lives if it is performed more than a couple of days after a heart attack.

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  2. Oceans reveal secrets of viruses

    Scientists have completed the first survey of virus DNA in oceans around the world.

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  3. Tech

    Safety practices surveyed

    Nanotechnology companies and laboratories largely rely on the same safety practices that they use when working with conventional chemicals, an international survey reports.

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  4. Earth

    Balancing Act: El Niños and dust both affect coral bleaching

    Most of the annual variation in the extent of coral bleaching in the Caribbean is driven by two factors: the amount of dust and other particles suspended in the atmosphere, and the climate phenomenon known as El Niño.