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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Health & Medicine

    Ketones to the Rescue

    Medical researchers are investigating a slew of possible applications for acids called ketones, which the body produces naturally when deprived of carbohydrates and protein.

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  2. Humans

    From the December 2, 1933, issue

    SCIENTISTS UNLEASH LARGEST ATOM-ATTACKING MACHINE Seven million volts, mans closest approach to the voltage of natures lightning, flashed across the gigantic ball terminals of sciences greatest generator, erected by Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicists in Col. E.H.R. Greens airship hangar at Round Hill, Mass., and operated Tuesday for the first time at so great an […]

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  3. Health & Medicine

    No Scope: CT scan works as well as colonoscopy

    A computed tomography scan of the large intestine works as well as colonoscopy in detecting signs of colon cancer.

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    Letters

    Letters from the Dec. 6, 2003, issue of Science News.

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  5. Humans

    Nanotech bill gives field a boost

    Congress has approved a nanotechnology act that commits $3.7 billion in funding over 4 years and calls for research on the societal, environmental, and ethical implications of this rapidly growing field.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Two markers may predict heart risk

    Two proteins that play a role in inflammation may serve as indicators of a person's risk of heart disease and stroke.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Talking Turkey (with recipe)

    They can weigh in at 40 pounds or more. They prefer walking, but they can fly. And if Benjamin Franklin had had his way, they would be the U.S. national symbol. We’re talking turkey–wild turkey, that is. Wild turkeys like those shown here are anything but white. National Wild Turkey Federation Turkeys naturally prefer to […]

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  8. Humans

    From the November 25, 1933, issue

    STEEL TOWERS GO UP AND DOWN TO SPEED SURVEY OF COUNTRY Work on control surveys of the United States is being rapidly pushed forward under funds recently provided by the Public Works Administration to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Although the immediate purpose is to provide employment to a great number of men, the […]

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Fetal Risk: Inflammation in womb tied to cerebral palsy

    For a pregnant woman carrying a baby to term, inflammation in the womb nearly quadruples the chance her baby will be born with cerebral palsy.

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  10. Humans

    Letters

    Letters from the Nov. 29, 2003, issue of Science News.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Cleaning up glutamate slows deadly brain tumors

    Eliminating the glutamate released by brain tumors may slow the cancer's growth.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Drug cuts recurrence of breast cancer

    Letrozole, which blocks estrogen production, reduces recurrence of breast cancer in women who have exhausted the usefulness of tamoxifen, the frontline cancer drug for this disease.

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