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Microbes, Spaceflight and Human Health

Germs in space
Pneumonia vaccine for newborns

Hope for millions
Better Biofuel

There may be a better biofuel on the horizon: bacteria-based biofuel.
The Cheap Genome

Low cost DNA sequencing technologies
Rare Energy Diseases that Affect Children

Broken metabolism
Tackling Tuberculosis

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Rapid Detection of Radiation Exposure

Smarter response
Comparative genomics

New tools answer big questions
Rapid Vaccine Discovery System

A need for speed
HIV/AIDS Research

Multi-pronged approach
Doc in a Box

Making medicine more predictive
Environmental Sentinels

Sensors to sniff out exposure
The Best Defense

Safeguarding public health from nerve toxins
Energy from Waste

A win-win solution
Microscale Life Sciences

Worlds within a cell

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Small…smaller…smallest? Researchers create molecular diode

Recently, at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, N.J. Tao and collaborators have found a way to make a key electrical component on a phenomenally tiny scale. Their single-molecule diode is described in this week’s online edition of Nature Chemistry.