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  1. Materials Science

    Bacterial glue: The stuff that binds?

    A sticky slime secreted by bacteria could soon find its way into a host of wood products, including plywood and particleboard.

    By Alexandra Goho
  2. Health & Medicine

    Demanding careers may thwart Alzheimer’s

    People who spend many years in mentally taxing jobs are less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than are people who do more-routine work.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Tech

    Neutrons may spotlight cancers

    Researchers have taken a first step toward developing neutron beams as a medical diagnostic tool that might provide earlier detection of cancers.

    By Peter Weiss
  4. Materials Science

    Sea urchin shell lights the way for optical material

    Using the porous skeleton of a sea urchin as a template, materials scientists have fabricated a photonic crystal.