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  1. Materials Science

    Natural Healing: Nanothread mesh could lead to novel bandages

    A new material made from clot-promoting protein fibers may serve as a wound covering that speeds healing and never needs removing.

    By Jessica Gorman
  2. Health & Medicine

    Montezuma’s Welcome Revenge? Bacterial toxin may fend off colon cancer

    A diarrhea-inducing toxin from some strains of the common gut bacterium E. coli stifles colon cancer cell growth and may lead to new treatments.

    By Kendall Morgan
  3. Earth

    Dirty Story: Farming has increased flow of soil onto reef

    Agricultural practices that early European settlers brought to eastern Australia sped the pace at which soil washes out to sea and settles over the Great Barrier Reef.