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- Chemistry
Water-air interface barely there
The transition between gas and liquid is an extremely insubstantial affair.
- Life
Heart has cellular regeneration ability
In mice, injecting a protein spurs the organ’s own stem cells to regrow small amounts of tissue after damage.
- Tech
Social Networks
Power networks in Congress, Twitter’s crystal ball and iPhone contagion in news from an MIT workshop on information in social media.
By Science News -
- Life
Life
Stressed-out bird moms, apes’ memories, stick-wielding parrots and more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Space
Superdupernovas
A new class of stellar explosion is very bright — and somewhat hard to explain.
By Ron Cowen - Life
Genetics offers more hints about autism
Three studies illustrate why a single cause for autism spectrum disorders has been so difficult to pin down.
- Life
Weeds increasingly immune to herbicides
Agricultural scientists warn that crop yields could drop as a result of emerging resistance.
By Janet Raloff - Space
Atom & Cosmos
NASA’s plans to sample an asteroid, good-bye to Spirit rover, Neptune’s spin and more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Life
Marine microbes fritter away jelly bonus
Bacterial feasts during jellyfish blooms drain valuable carbon out of the food web.
By Susan Milius -
- Health & Medicine
Drug prevents some breast cancers
A hormone-blocking compound can waylay some malignancies in healthy women who are deemed at risk.
By Nathan Seppa