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It’s written all over your face: To potential mates, your mug may reveal more than you think
Team spirit: Working together, bacteria and other microbes can accomplish much more than they can alone. Now scientists hope to harness that ability by engineering their own microbial consortia.
For a big view of inner Earth, catch a few…Geoneutrinos
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Science & the Public: Of Presidents and Nobels

It appears Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will soon have produced two Nobel laureates to offer White House counsel and directives on science policy.
Found in: Chemistry, Matter & Energy, Science & Society and Technology
Science & the Public: ENV Tidbits: Corals, nano concerns, and more

News nuggets on climate-imperiled corals, nanotech worries, and soft drinks bearing pesticides.
Found in: Chemistry, Climate Change, Environment, Food Science, Molecules, Nutrition, Science & Society and Technology
Engineered bacteria create high-energy biofuel

Scientists alter E. coli microbes to make a high-energy alcohol not produced naturally
Found in: Chemistry, Genes & Cells and Science & Society
FOR KIDS: A clean getaway

New household cleaners may make blood hard to find at crime scenes.
Found in: Chemistry, Molecules, Science News For Kids and Technology
Science & the Public: Nanosilver disinfects — but at what price?

Silver demonstrates some unusual immunological impacts at the nanoscale.
Found in: Biology, Biomedicine, Body & Brain, Chemistry, Environment, Science & Society and Technology
FOR KIDS: The e-nose knows

An electronic nose sniffs out unique chemicals that plants emit when attacked by pests.
Found in: Agriculture, Botany, Chemistry, Life and Science News For Kids
Blueprint to repel oil and water

The texture of surfaces could be designed so that both water and oil can bead up and thus flow off.
Found in: Chemistry, Materials Science, Matter & Energy, Physics and Technology
Household cleaner makes blood removal simple!

Common household “oxy” cleaners remove blood almost too well.
Found in: Chemistry
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Sights and Sounds

Photography

Atom Flipping
New equations for better MRI

Blogs:

Science & the Public Big Increase Coming for NIH — Maybe
By Janet Raloff Dec 19th 2008

Columns:

Comment SESAME opens doors to international collaboration
By Herman Winick Jan 2nd 2009

Math Trek The Sudoku solution
By Julie Rehmeyer Dec 23rd 2008

Not to Miss:

2008: Science News of the Year

Thwarting tree poachers

Pulsars in a new light

Guest column from Steven Chu

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