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  1. Health & Medicine

    Getting to the core of H1N1 flu deaths

    Lung inflammation and a lack of oxygen in the blood appear responsible for most fatal cases of H1N1 (swine) flu, three studies show.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    H1N1 flu is back and found in 37 states, CDC reports

    Just as vaccine begins to become available, swine flu cases show up in a majority of the United States. And early results from a new study suggest H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccination shots are effective when given during the same visit.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Physics

    Entangled photons make better messengers

    Quantum effect allows light to carry information farther for computing and encryption

    By Lisa Grossman
  4. Paleontology

    Fungi thrived during mass extinction

    Fossil analyses hint that several species thrived during the world’s largest mass extinction.