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  1. Chemistry

    Buckymedicine

    Scientists are turning carbon-cage molecules called fullerenes into drug candidates and medical diagnostic tools.

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  2. Astronomy

    X-ray observatory captures a rare supernova

    Astronomers have obtained the first portrait of X-ray emission from a rare, so-called Ic supernova.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Do-It-Yourself: Virus recreated from synthetic DNA

    In an experiment with implications for bioterrorism, scientists have used poliovirus' widely known genetic sequence to synthesize that virus from DNA and other chemicals.

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  4. 19020

    “Vaccine for All? Math model supports mass smallpox inoculation” failed to mention an important complication for any type of smallpox-inoculation program: The vaccine might not work.