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: Stem Cells Undo Birth Defects; By Jocelyn Rice
Wednesday, January 07, 2009; Transplanted stem cells restore normal behavior in brain-damaged rodents.

: Obesity's Cellular Traffic Jam; By Courtney Humphries
Tuesday, January 06, 2009; Research in mice reveals why brain cells become deaf to appetite-suppressing signals.

: A New Web of Trust; By Erica Naone
Tuesday, January 06, 2009; A protocol that could make the Internet more secure is finally being implemented.

: The Year in Materials; By Katherine Bourzac
Wednesday, December 31, 2008; Stretchable electronics and the strongest material ever were just two achievements of 2008.

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The Year in Biomedicine: By Emily Singer | 12/22/2008; Brain trauma among soldiers, a $5,000 genome, cellular switches, and insight into the brain's beauty.

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RFID's Security Problem: By Erica Naone | 7 Comments; Are U.S. passport cards and new state driver's licenses with RFID truly secure?

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Our Past Within Us: By Mark Williams | 3 Comments; The new field known as archeogenetics is illuminating prehistory.

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Recession-Resistant Medicine: By Larry Hardesty; Novel medical treatments thrive as investors get cautious.

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Interpreting the Genome: By Emily Singer; New technologies will soon make it possible to sequence thousands of human genomes. Now comes the hard part: understanding all the data.

A Way to Spot Cancer Early: By Katherine Bourzac | 12/19/2008 | 1 Comment; A prototype device employs the same magnetic phenomenon used to write data to computer hard drives.

Robotic Weather Planes: By Duncan Graham-Rowe | 12/16/2008 | 1 Comment; Fleets of robotic aircraft could improve weather forecasts.

Platinum-Free Fuel Cell: By Katherine Bourzac | 12/16/2008 | 7 Comments; A new fuel cell uses a cheap nickel catalyst.

Nanotubes Track Cellular Toxins: By Courtney Humphries | 12/15/2008; Tiny sensors can monitor cancer-causing agents and chemotherapy drugs in cells.

First Self-Healing Coatings: By Katherine Bourzac | 12/12/2008 | 1 Comment; A paint additive will protect cars, bridges, and ships from corrosion.

New Ways to Boost Memory: By Emily Singer | 12/11/2008; Enhancing neuron gene expression may improve memory.

Cancer, Carefully Illuminated: By Jennifer Chu | 12/11/2008; A new imaging probe brings live cancer cells into sharp relief.

Are Social Networks Sinking?: By Michael Fitzgerald | 12/10/2008 | 7 Comments; The economic downturn and uncertain business plans could result in an industry-wide shakeout.

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News from Around the Web

First flight of algae-fuelled jet: 01/08/2009 | via news.bbc.co.uk; Continental Airlines is the latest to to test-fly a jet biofuel, this time with a product derived partially from algae.

Huya Bioscience Taps Into China For Novel Drug Candidates: 01/08/2009 | via xconomy.com; If there was an "ah-ha!" moment for Huya Bioscience International, it occurred in 2004, when founder Mireille Gingras was working as a consultant for mid-size ...

Stem cell companies moving to products: 01/06/2009 | via blogs.nature.com; Crain's Cleveland Business has an article reporting that investors and big companies are growing more interested in several adult stem-cell technologies. (Of course, given the ...

Super stethoscope: 01/06/2009 | via news.bbc.co.uk; How FBI technology is driving a medical advance

Observatory: To Assist in Fusion, Researchers Arrange for Cells to Meet Cells: 01/05/2009 | via nytimes.com; New technology may make cell fusion, which is an important tool in biological and biomedical research, more efficient.

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