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  1. Materials Science

    Carbon nanotubes beam electrons

    Researchers have taken a step toward using carbon nanotubes as electron sources in devices such as high-resolution electron microscopes.

    By Jessica Gorman
  2. Health & Medicine

    Getting the iron out

    A new oral drug called ICL670 works as well as an injectable treatment in relieving iron overload in the blood.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Protein vaccine slows leukemia

    A cancer vaccine fashioned from a piece of a compound called proteinase-3 shows promise against leukemia.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Earth

    Mapping with GRACE

    Global gravity maps compiled from data painstakingly gathered during the last 30 years have now been rendered obsolete by a pair of satellites that were launched just last March.