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- Health & Medicine
Separating wheat from chaff in celiac disease
Three partial proteins may trigger the T cell immune reactions that cause the symptoms of this intestinal ailment, new research shows.
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- Health & Medicine
Taking some of the doubt out of IVF
Testing shows that a complex array of factors can be used to calculate the probability of in vitro fertilization success better than just using woman’s age as a guidepost.
- Health & Medicine
Gel shows promise against HIV
Scientists have developed the first topical treatment that can prevent HIV infection among women.
- Life
Stuck in the past
Reprogrammed stem cells retain molecular memories of their former identities, two new studies show.
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- Chemistry
Different strokes
Though they share the same design, new micromachines are not a synchronized swimming team.
- Psychology
DNA variant may make heavy boozing a team sport
People who inherit a particular gene variant may find it more appealing to drink a lot of alcohol when they see others doing so.
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Nature’s recourse
How plants and animals fight back when deals go sour.
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Beneath that blazing facade
Researchers revamp ideas about what’s in the sun.
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The incredible shrinking solar cell
With lilliputian collectors, almost anything could be sun-powered.
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Science Future for July 31, 2010
August 14 – 17The American Sociological Association meets in Atlanta. See www.asanet.org/meetings August 30 – September 3Researchers and policy makers meet in Boston to discuss environmental factors affecting penguin population health. See www.penguinconference.org September 1A psychologist lectures in New York City on the connection between beauty and happiness. See www.nyas.org/events
