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• Death of the "doughnut"
• Transition metal catalysts could be key to origin of life, scientists report
• Biophysical Society names 2011 award recipients
• Biophysical Society announces 2011 society fellows
• Moonstruck primates: Owl monkeys need moonlight as much as a biological clock for nocturnal activity
• Research about Brazilian marine biodiversity brings researchers from 5 countries together
• UT Health Science Center San Antonio lands $11.6 million to study cardiac proteins
• Magnetism's subatomic roots
• Afla-Guard also protects corn crops
• Increase in Cambodia's vultures gives hope to imperiled scavengers
• AgriLife research hibiscus breeder comes up with the blue
• Americans struggle with long-term weight loss
• Rutgers-Camden professor engineers E. coli to produce biodiesel
• Earth from space: Giant iceberg enters Nares Strait
• Satellite data reveal why migrating birds have a small window to spread bird flu
• Researchers identify how bone-marrow stem cells hold their 'breath' in low-oxygen environments
• Hair provides proof of the link between chronic stress and heart attack
• Census of Marine Life program tracking animals on Pacific continental shelf
• Tropical forests slashed for farmland
• Imaging reveals key metabolic factors of cannibalistic bacteria
• Yale develops new animal model for hemophilia A
• University of Arizona-led group awarded $9.9 million to develop 'super rice'
• Induced pluripotent stem cell retain an inactivated X chromosome
• Novartis and collaborators discover novel antimalarial drug candidate
• Children who eat vended snack foods face chronic health problems, poor diet

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