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  1. Health & Medicine

    Old and new drugs may fight myeloma

    In some people with a bone marrow cancer called multiple myeloma, treatment with thalidomide or PS-341, which induces programmed cell death, may improve their chances of survival.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Materials Science

    Nanotubes: Knot just for miniature work

    A new technique can spin individual nanotubes into durable ribbons and threads visible to the naked eye.

    By Jessica Gorman
  3. Materials Science

    Nanotubes get as small as they can

    Two research teams have created stable carbon nanotubes with the smallest diameter that scientists believe is physically possible, at just 0.4 nanometer across.

    By Jessica Gorman
  4. Earth

    Can Banking Carbon Cool the Greenhouse?

    Stockpiling carbon dioxide in plants and soil may be effective only for the short term, if at all.