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  1. Science champs

    Young scientists focus their research on real-world problems.

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  2. Teacher’s Questions for Science Champs

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  3. Physics

    Helium: Not so super after all

    An exciting discovery in physics turns out to be merely a case of mistaken identity.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Magnets that kill cancer cells

    Researchers devise a way to use magnets to make cells self-destruct.

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  5. Tech

    Cool Jobs: The science of secrets

    Researchers harness science to encode — and decode — hidden messages.

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  6. Teacher’s Questions for The world of secrets

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  7. Environment

    Exhaled air: A problem in buildings?

    New studies suggest carbon dioxide that accumulates in classrooms could limit how well the brain processes information, lead to more student absences.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Of fish and brain health

    Moms-to-be who eat a diet rich in the right fish may pass along benefits to their children

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  9. Microbes

    A slime with memory

    Even without a brain, this slime mold knows where it’s been.

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  10. Pathways to research: Young scientists tackle abstract problems

    Students’ independent, theoretical investigations produce real-world results

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  11. Chemistry

    Harder than diamonds?

    Researchers create new material that may be world’s hardest.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    The 2012 Nobel Prizes

    Annual awards go to research on cells, atoms and light.

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