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Stevia: Exploring for more than just 'sweet' molecules. 10/24/2014 01:10 PM EDT This week, in celebration of National Chemistry Week and its theme of the Sweet Side of Chemistry: Candy, NSF salutes sugar molecules that can be far more than just "sweet." ... This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. An in-mouth wafer to treat oral cancer--biotech's future. 10/24/2014 01:10 PM EDT To treat oral cancer, NSF-funded small business Privo Technologies has created a platform that delivers treatments directly to the affected area. Privo develops new classes of targeted treatments, such as chemotherapy drugs, designed to be delivered through the mouth's mucous membranes. Privo ... This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. Leveraging the immune system to fight cancer--biotech's future. 10/24/2014 01:10 PM EDT Inventors are using small-scale biology and engineering to find ways to use the body's natural defenses to effectively treat cancer. NSF-funded small business GigaGen uses microfluidics, bioinformatics and genome sequencing to look for antibodies that may be good candidates for new therapies. ... This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. How tots as young as two may intuitively use probability to get what they want. 10/23/2014 11:10 AM EDT Most people know children learn many skills simply by watching people around them. Without explicit instructions youngsters know to do things like press a button to operate the television and twist a knob to open a door. Now, researchers have taken this further, finding that children as young as ... This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.