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Magnetic Waves Create Chaos in Star-Forming Clouds

The new research sheds light on the processes that are responsible for setting the properties of stars, which in turn affects the formation of planets.

Stars appear to form and shine brightly in a Hubble Telescope image

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Racial and Ethnic Bias Leads to Lower Well-Being Among Adolescents

A boy sitting on a set of brick steps

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Simple Test Detects Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes, Presence of Biopesticide

A new diagnostic tool can quickly and cheaply identify whether a mosquito belongs to the species that carries dangerous diseases such as Zika virus, dengue...

A diagnostic device labeled FRI on a lab table amid other equipment

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Making Cancer’s Metabolism More Normal Blocks Drug Resistance

A new combination of existing drug reduces the size of cancerous tumors in mice much more effectively than current treatments.

The chemical structure of C1, a drug combining two active elements.

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Scientists Map a Complicated Ballet Performed in Our Cells

Artist rendering of how DNA is condensed into a chomosome

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Fighting Hepatitis C Virus, Using Clues from What Killed Bevo XIV

And other adventures in animal viruses teaching us about human disease

Image of Bevo with a handler standing beside him

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New Nerve Gas Detector Built with Legos and a Smartphone

A black lego box with a smartphone sitting on top

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Fish’s Use of Electricity Might Shed Light on Human Illnesses

An electric fish floating in an aquarium tank