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  1. Chemistry

    Longest carbon-carbon bonds discovered

    Researchers have found a type of carbon-carbon bond that's twice as long as the longest naturally occurring bond linking two carbon atoms.

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  2. Chemistry

    Carbon nanotubes show superconductivity

    Researchers have made individual superconductive carbon nanotubes that are just 0.4 nanometer wide.

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  3. Physics

    Insects in the wind lead to less power

    A previously puzzling pattern of power loss in wind turbines results from coatings of insects that were smashed by the blades during low winds.

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  4. Physics

    Turning magnetic resonance inside out

    A new method of manipulating magnetic signals makes it possible to gather useful information about a chemical sample—or perhaps one day a person—without often-claustrophobic confinement inside a magnetic coil.