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Adhesives

What is in tick spit, and how does it help the creepy-crawlies stick to their hosts?

Tick spit is vital for the bloodsuckers’ success. Characterizing it may hold the key to keeping the parasites at bay


A gel for storing protein therapeutics

Material prevents proteins from aggregating, then releases them cleanly with the push of a syringe

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Environment

Periodic Graphics: Summer hair color changes

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning shines light on how summer activities can change the hues of some hairdos


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Agriculture

How digging up 150,000 plants revealed a way to boost nitrogen fixation in legumes

The research uncovered a mutated gene that keeps the nitrogen-fixation process going, even when soil nitrate is high


Vaccines in US stockpile may protect against current H5N1 virus strain

Antibodies from past clinical trial participants neutralized bird flu virus from clade circulating in US dairy cows