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Welcome to the science podcast for August 6, 2021. I'm Sarah Crespi. Each week, we feature the most interesting

news and research published in science and the sister journals. First up this week,

International News Editor Martin Ensuring talks about a moratorium on Preon research after the fatal

brain disease infected two lab researchers in France.

Next, researcher Abe Goyal talks with intern Claire Hogan about his science advances paper on figuring out how to reduce the massive carbon footprint of cement by looking at its molecular

structure.

Finally, in a sponsored segment, Director of Custom Publishing, Sean Sanders, talks with researcher Ansuman

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