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  1. Materials Science

    Gripping Tale: Metal oozes in nanotubes’ grasp

    Carbon nanotubes can squeeze substances inside them with such high pressures that even hard metals squish like putty.

    By Peter Weiss

  2. 19684

    While reading this article, I pondered what would happen if fissionable elements were the core crystals of the nanosqueeze. Would nanoreactors or nanobombs be possible? Victor LawnickiLouisville, Ky. Florian Banhart of the University of Mainz in Germany notes that a nuclear-fission bomb or reactor requires a critical mass of kilograms of fissionable material—way too much […]

    By Science News
  3. Animals

    Lobster Hygiene: Healthy animals quick to spot another’s ills

    Caribbean spiny lobsters will avoid sharing a den with another lobster that's coming down with a viral disease.