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  1. Health & Medicine

    You, in a Dish

    Human cells grown in conditions that mimic life inside the body are beginning to replace lab animals for testing drug candidates and industrial chemicals.

    By Patrick Barry
  2. Materials Science

    Quantum Cocoon

    Diamond can hold quantum information even at room temperature, which makes it a candidate material for future quantum computers.

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  3. Humans

    Letters from the April 5, 2008, issue of Science News

    Follow the glow “State of the Universe: Microwave glow powers cosmic insights” (SN: 3/15/08, p. 163) brings up a question. This glow should be stronger in one direction, which can point us to the center of the universe.