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Materials ScienceSpring in your step? The forces in cartilage
Researchers are uncovering the role of molecular forces in cartilage's ability to resist compression.
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Health & MedicineAppetite-suppressing drug burns fat, too
An experimental drug seems to assail obesity through dual biological actions.
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PhysicsDouble or Nothing
The hunt for a rare, hypothetical nuclear transformation known as neutrinoless double-beta decay may answer one of the most urgent questions in physics today: How much do elementary particles called neutrinos weigh?
By Peter Weiss -
Aphids with Attitude
A few aphid species that live socially in groups raise their own armies of teenage female clones.