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  1. Tech

    Protein Power: Solar cell produces electricity from spinach and bacterial proteins

    Researchers have fabricated a solar cell that uses photosynthetic proteins to convert light into electricity.

    By Alexandra Goho
  2. Astronomy

    Young World: NASA telescope reveals clues to newborn planet

    Astronomers have found signs of what may be the youngest planet known, plus the first signs ever of organic compounds in a region of dust that could evolve into a planet-forming region.

    By Carrie Lock
  3. Humans

    Letters from the June 5, 2004, issue of Science News

    Blackened reputation Again, humans are implicated in the promotion and distribution of our own misery (“Medieval cure-all may actually have spread disease,” SN: 4/3/04, p.