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  1. Tech

    Nanorods go for the gold

    Gold blobs grown onto the ends of tiny, rod-shaped crystals provide potential points for electric contact and chemical liaisons that could enable such semiconductor bits to self-organize into complex circuits or structures.

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  2. Earth

    Treaty enacted to preserve crop biodiversity

    The United Nations enacted a new international treaty to halt the erosion of genetic diversity of crops.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Titanic Images, Groovy Shots: Cassini arrives at Saturn

    After a 7-year, 3.5-billion-mile journey, the Cassini spacecraft last week slipped through a gap between two of the icy rings circling Saturn and became the first spacecraft to orbit the distant planet.