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PhysicsElectron cloud mirrors fossil life-form
Remarkable molecules whose electron clouds would resemble now-extinct marine creatures called trilobites could appear in experiments on ultracold atom clouds known as Bose-Einstein condensates, theorists predict.
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Health & MedicineAging protein saps muscle strength
Proteins crucial for muscle strength begin to function poorly as rats get older.
By John Travis -
Health & MedicineHIV outwits immune system, again
The AIDS virus uses immune system proteins to hitch rides on the antibody factories known as B cells, possibly helping it find potential host cells.
By John Travis -
Same interviewer, better memories
Children may remember details of a witnessed crime more accurately if the same person conducts successive interviews with them.