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  1. Physics

    Not flipping out

    A single atom on a surface has favored magnetic orientations that could allow it to encode a data bit.

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  2. Tech

    Nanotube Press: Printing technique makes nanotransistors

    A new technique for printing networks of carbon nanotubes on a wide range of surfaces is a step toward mass production of nanotubes devices.

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  3. Paleontology

    Bumpy Bones: Fossil hints that dinosaur had feathery forearms

    A series of knobs on the forearm bone of a 1.5-meter-long velociraptor provides the first direct evidence of substantial feathers on a dinosaur of that size.

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  4. Planetary Science

    Muddying the Water? Orbiter drains confidence from fluid story of Mars

    New images of Mars diminish the evidence that liquid water has flowed on some parts of the planet, but bolster the case in other places.