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Articles in August 31, 1996 issue of Science News

• No-cal powder may sub for food's fat - Z-Trim fat substitute
  by Corinna Wu
• Designer hormone can do double duty - researchers make insulin act like relaxin - Chemistry - Brief Article
• Shaken bead beds show pimples and dimples - individual, local geometric surface patterns produced in granular materials - Brief Article
  by Ivars Peterson
• Coffee can give many species a boost - conversion of coffee shade plantations to sun plantations reduces protection for wildlife - Brief Article
  by Tina Adler
• Changing the colors of the signals - one amino acid in luciferase determines color of fireflies' glow - Chemistry - Brief Article
• Butterfly displaced by climate change? - Edith's checkerspot butterflies dying off in southern North America as populations in northern North America expand - Brief Article
  by Janet Raloff
• Chem weapons: burning issues - chemical weapon incineration plant at Tooele Army Depot, Utah, shut down while leak is investigated - Brief Article
  by Janet Raloff
• Brain images illuminate Tourette syndrome - supersensitivity of particular type of dopamine receptor in caudate nucleus may cause tick syndrome - Brief Article
  by Bruce Bower
• Buckyball additives improve lubrication - research indicates that lubricating fluids can be improved by adding buckyballs - Materials Science - Brief Article
• Weight loss pills linked to lung ailment - fenfluramine-derived drugs linked to increase risk of pulmonary hypertension
  by Steve Sternberg
• Quantum-quick queries: using quantum computation, in theory, to speed up database searches
  by Ivars Peterson
• How to light a fire; studies of the sun's corona heat up - Cover Story
  by Ron Cowen
• Hubble finds stormy weather above Jupiter - information from Hubble Space Telescope indicates that Jovian atmosphere as turbulent as that of a star - Brief Article
• Carbon onions put on the pressure - layers of soft graphic used in diamond formation - Materials Science - Brief Article
• Putting a tumor suppressor back to work - gene therapy clinical trial
  by John Travis
• Mitotic mischief: can cells divide without chromosomes?
  by John Travis