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• Naked mole-rats may hold clues to pain relief
• Horticultural hijacking: The dark side of beneficial soil bacteria
• Squeeze light 'till it hurts' on a quantum scale: Researchers push the boundaries on ultra-precise measurement
• Unprecedented cancer 'Moon Shots Program': Effort sets new bar for eradicating cancer
• Nunavut's mysterious ancient life could return by 2100 as Arctic warms

Naked mole-rats may hold clues to pain relief Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:07 PM PDT Naked mole-rats evolved to thrive in an acidic environment that other mammals, including humans, would find intolerable. Researchers report new findings as to how these rodents adapted, which may offer clues to relieving pain in other animals and humans.

Horticultural hijacking: The dark side of beneficial soil bacteria Posted: 21 Sep 2012 08:10 AM PDT It's a battleground down there — in the soil where plants and bacteria dwell. Even though beneficial root bacteria come to the rescue when a plant is being attacked by pathogens, there's a "dark side" to the relationship between the plant and its white knight, according to new research.

Squeeze light 'till it hurts' on a quantum scale: Researchers push the boundaries on ultra-precise measurement Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:35 AM PDT Physicists has pushed the boundaries on ultra-precise measurement by harnessing quantum light waves in a new way. It is one thing to be able to measure spectacularly small distances using "squeezed" light, but it is now possible to do this even while the target is moving around.

Unprecedented cancer 'Moon Shots Program': Effort sets new bar for eradicating cancer Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:28 AM PDT The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announces the launch of the Moon Shots Program, an unprecedented effort to dramatically accelerate the pace of converting scientific discoveries into clinical advances that reduce cancer deaths.

Nunavut's mysterious ancient life could return by 2100 as Arctic warms Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:28 AM PDT Global climate change means that recently discovered ancient forests in Canada's extreme north could one day return, research suggests.

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