2015
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- Making pharmaceuticals that degrade before they can contaminate drinking water
- How the “heat” compound from chili peppers could help kill cancer cells
- Hybrid solar cell converts both light and heat from sun’s rays into electricity (video)
- Game-changing technology enables faster, cheaper gene editing
- How to tell the difference between bipolar disorder and depression
- Rooting out Viagra and other hidden ingredients from dietary supplements
- A simple tableware switch could reduce exposure to a potentially harmful substance
- Recreating alchemical and other ancient recipes shows scientists of old were quite clever
- A new piece in the ‘French paradox’ puzzle — cheese metabolism
- How unwanted CDs and DVDs could help cut carbon emissions
- Turning to freshwater sources to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis, other infections
- Silk could be new 'green' material for next-generation batteries
- Tension between politics and science soothed — for now
- Smart keyboard cleans and powers itself — and can tell who you are
- Toward a cocaine vaccine to help addicts kick the habit
- Oranges versus orange juice: Which one might be better for your health?
- Heat boosts phthalate emissions from vinyl crib mattress covers
- What does a GOP-led Congress mean for science — and the public?
- Tattoo-like sensor can detect glucose levels without a painful finger prick
- Levels of ’Molly,’ aka ecstasy, spike in rivers near music festival
- DNA ‘glue’ could someday be used to build tissues, organs
- 'Smart windows' have potential to keep heat out and save energy
- Wrangling over pesticide ingredients comes to a head in 2015