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  Tumors Disable Immune Cells by Using Up Sugar

  June 6, 2013 — Cancer cells’ appetite for sugar may have serious consequences for immune cell function, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have ... > full story
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  Cassini Sees Precursors to Aerosol Haze on Saturn's Largest Moon, Titan

  June 6, 2013 — Scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini mission have confirmed the presence of a population of complex hydrocarbons in the upper atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, that later evolve ... > full story
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  Stars Don't Obliterate Their Planets (Very Often)

  June 6, 2013 — Stars have an alluring pull on planets, especially those in a class called hot Jupiters, which are gas giants that form farther from their stars before migrating inward and heating up. Now, a new ... > full story
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  NASA Builds Sophisticated Earth-Observing Microwave Radiometer

  June 6, 2013 — A NASA team delivered in May a sophisticated microwave radiometer specifically designed to overcome the pitfalls that have plagued similar Earth-observing instruments in the past. Literally years in ... > full story
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  NASA Spacecraft Sees Tornado's Destructive Swath

  June 6, 2013 — A new image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the extent of destruction from the deadly Newcastle-Moore ... > full story
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  Second Life for Possible Spintronic Materials: Manganese, Gallium Nitride Merged in Uniform Layer

  June 6, 2013 — Ten years ago, scientists were convinced that a combination of manganese and gallium nitride could be a key material to create spintronics, the next generation of electronic devices that operate on ... > full story
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  Mapping the Brain: Researchers Use Signals from Natural Movements to Identify Brain Regions

  June 6, 2013 — Whether we run to catch a bus or reach for a pen: Activities that involve the use of muscles are related to very specific areas in the brain. Traditionally, their exact location has only been ... > full story
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  Alpine Lakes Reflect Climate Change

  June 6, 2013 — Global warming impacts lakes' structure, function and water quality. Increases in temperature as a result of climate change are mirrored in lake waters where temperatures are also on the rise. A new ... > full story
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  Surgeons Implant Bioengineered Vein: Kidney Dialysis Patient First in U.S. to Receive Lab-Grown Blood Vessel

  June 6, 2013 — In a first-of-its-kind operation in the United States, a team of doctors created a bioengineered blood vessel and implanted it into the arm of a patient with end-stage kidney disease. The procedure, ... > full story
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  Wolbachia Bacteria Evolved to Infect Stem Cell Niches Through Successive Generations of Their Hosts

  June 6, 2013 — A new study provides evidence that Wolbachia target the ovarian stem cell niches of its hosts -- a strategy previously overlooked to explain how Wolbachia thrive in ... > full story

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