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Physics

Particle Physics Phun

An array of games, such as Particle Pinball and Race for Energy, challenge visitors at a Web site hosted by the high-energy physics center known as the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Aimed at kids, the “Fermilabyrinth” pages introduce players to a zoo of elementary particles while it exercises pattern-recognition skills that scientists use to spot […]

Ecosystems

Return of the Wetlands? Restoration possible for some Iraqi marshes

Field studies conducted in Iraq last year suggest that some of the region's ecologically devastated marshes could be returned to health.

Health & Medicine

To Stanch the Flow: Hemophilia drug curbs brain hemorrhage

A blood-clotting drug helps some people recover from a bleeding stroke.