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The search for seeds of black holes

Galaxy mergers are not necessary to create big black holes, new observations suggest

Filtering light based on direction

Potential uses include solar photovoltaics, telescopes, microscopes, and privacy filters for display screens

angular-selective-sample

MIT’s fast synthesis system could boost peptide-drug development

Peptide drugs are expected to become a $25 billion market by 2018, but current archaic manufacturing methods are too slow

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First comprehensive atlas of human gene activity released

Bio-printing tissues for cheaper, faster drug testing

3D-printing technology specifically tailored to printing biological materials, not repurposed

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