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    IN THIS ISSUE:

    Bostons crazy winter

    climate this year,

    water safety, musical

    dopamine, medicinal

    marijuana, neat co-

    ops, bringing the

    mammoth back...

    HOT CHEMISTRY

    CAREERS

    An inside look into an

    emerging field for new

    graduates

    TRAPPING ANTIMATTER

    What the Large Hadron

    Collider is up to...

    INTERVIEW WITH DR. H

    An in-depth

    conversation with t

    inventor of lung ch

    E.COLI BIOENCRYPTIO

    Who knew those bugg

    were so smart?

    AND MUCH MORE...

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    Issue 7

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    Chemistry

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