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  A Simple Solution to Air Pollution from Wood-Burning Cookstoves

  April 24, 2013 — Wood-burning cookstoves, used by millions of people worldwide, cause air pollution, disease and death. A team of university students studied the problem and came up with a simple, low-cost solution: ... > full story
• Liver Disease
  Health Policy
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  Prostate Cancer
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  Targeted Screening for Hepatitis C Is Cost-Effective

  April 24, 2013 — Researchers have found that targeted screening for populations with a higher estimated prevalence for hepatitis C may be ... > full story
• Optics
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  Graphene
   
  

  New LED Streetlight Design Curbs Light Pollution

  April 24, 2013 — Recent innovations in light emitting diodes (LEDs) have improved the energy efficiency of streetlights, but, until now, their glow still wastefully radiated beyond the intended area. A team of ... > full story
• Quantum Physics
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  New Matter-Antimatter Difference Observed in LHCb Experiment at CERN

  April 24, 2013 — Researchers at CERN are reporting the first observation of matter-antimatter asymmetry in the decays of the particle known as the B0s. It is only the fourth subatomic particle known to exhibit such ... > full story
• Eye Care
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  Computer Graphics
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  Computer Game Could Improve Sight of Visually Impaired Children

  April 24, 2013 — Visually impaired children could benefit from a revolutionary new computer game being developed by a team of neuroscientists and game ... > full story
• Evolutionary Biology
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  Nature
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  Virtual Reality
   

  Virtual, Squishy Creatures Evolve to Run Using Evolutionary Algorithms

  April 23, 2013 — Scientists have created a computer algorithm that can be used to witness virtual creatures evolving their squishy, muscle-like features in order to teach themselves to ... > full story
• Weather
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  Less Rainfall Expected for the Hawaiian Islands

  April 23, 2013 — Almost imperceptibly, rainfall over the Hawaiian Islands has been declining since 1978, and this trend is likely to continue with global warming to the end of this century, according to ... > full story
• Obesity
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  Fitness
  Triglycerides
  Pharmacology
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  Drug Reduces Fat by Blocking Blood Vessels

  April 23, 2013 — Researchers have long known that cancerous tumors grow collections of abnormal blood cells, the fuel that feeds this disease and keeps it growing. Now, new evidence in an animal model suggests that ... > full story
• Civil Engineering
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  New Fatigue Model Leads to More Durable Ships

  April 23, 2013 — Scientists have developed a model making it possible to determine how fatigue sets in with various welded steel materials. The model allows for the development of lighter structures, and as a ... > full story
• Chemistry
  Organic Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Lung Cancer
  Computer Programming
  Biochemistry
   
  

  Scientists Map All Possible Drug-Like Chemical Compounds: Library of Millions of Small, Carbon-Based Molecules Chemists Might Synthesize

  April 22, 2013 — Drug developers may have a new tool to search for more effective medications and new materials. It's a computer algorithm that can model and catalog the entire set of lightweight, carbon-containing ... > full story

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