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  1. Chemistry

    Compounds pass the smell test

    A vile-smelling but versatile class of compounds may find a role in more chemistry laboratories with the introduction of easily made, inoffensive versions. Isonitriles, chemicals characterized by a triple bond between a carbon and a nitrogen atom, are useful in many reactions. But many chemists have shunned them because of their pungency, says Michael C. […]

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Humans

    Women: Where are your patents?

    Business-school researchers find a big gender gap among academic life scientists in patenting rates.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Health & Medicine

    Forewarning of preeclampsia

    Scientists have found an early warning sign of preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication marked by high blood pressure.